Top White House energy aides exited last year, creating high-level vacancies and uncertainty about who's leading the Obama administration's energy and environmental agenda in 2014. The void will be filled in part by President Obama's new counselor John Podesta, a top Democratic strategist who came on board this month to help guide the administration through its second term. He's expected to join Obama's top aide Denis McDonough in steering the ship when it comes to key energy and climate policies and filling out key White House staff positions.
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