Saturday, January 20, 2007
Commissioner Leaves SSA After Six Years
Jo Anne Barnhart's eyes welled when she discussed leaving behind the 65,000 employees of the Social Security Administration when she steps down as commissioner on Friday January 19, 2007.
"This agency is an amazing -- it's an amazing place," Barnhart said. "There's no way to really express what the people in this agency are like."
Barnhart's sentimentality may come as a surprise for a Republican appointee at the helm of a social service agency. But Barnhart, the first commissioner to serve the full six-year term since the 1960s, said President Bush has been extremely supportive of the agency.
::Shelley
"This agency is an amazing -- it's an amazing place," Barnhart said. "There's no way to really express what the people in this agency are like."
Barnhart's sentimentality may come as a surprise for a Republican appointee at the helm of a social service agency. But Barnhart, the first commissioner to serve the full six-year term since the 1960s, said President Bush has been extremely supportive of the agency.
::Shelley
