Dan Coats: “I noticed today a small item that appeared in the Washington Post, the news that the President's Deputy Assistant to the…”

“I noticed today a small item that appeared in the Washington Post, the news that the President's Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, Mr. William Galston, had submitted his resignation, effective in May. Mr. Galston is a Democrat. I am a Republican, but I have been an admirer of some of the work that he has done in the past. He played a prominent role--I believe he was executive director--in the Progressive Policy Institute, the arm of the Democratic Party that was looking for new and innovative ways to address, in particular, some of the social concerns, of the Democratic Party. Mr. Galston said he is resigning because of his desire to strike a different balance between family and career. And I do not doubt that at all. Mr. Galston has written eloquently, has done a great deal of research, and, I think, made a real effort in the administration to point out the importance of the family and American life in our society.”