Likely Nominee To Head EEOC Is Disclosed

The Washington Post reported Saturday that Cassandra Butts is likely to be President Obama's nominee to chair the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Butts, a former Harvard Law School classmate of Obama's, is currently deputy White House counsel. Formerly she had positions with NAACP Legal Defense Fund, was on House minority leader Richard Gephardt's staff and was a senior vice president for domestic policy at the Center for American Progress. The EEOC enforces federal employment discrimination laws, including laws banning religious discrimination in employment.