Rob Nabors
| Rob Nabors | |
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| White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy | |
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In office January 25, 2013 – April 2, 2015 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Nancy-Ann DeParle |
| White House Director of Legislative Affairs | |
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In office January 2011 – January 25, 2013 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Phil Schiliro |
| Succeeded by | Miguel Rodriguez |
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| Born | 1971 (age 45–46) Fort Dix, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater |
University of Notre Dame University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
Rob Nabors (born 1971) is the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. He previously served as White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and several other senior roles in the Obama White House.
He was born in Fort Dix, New Jersey and lived in Arizona, Maryland, Germany, Virginia, South Korea, Florida, Italy, Massachusetts in his youth. He received a B.A. from the University of Notre Dame in 1993 and an M.A. from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in 1996.
Nabors first joined the Office of Management and Budget, straight out of graduate school, as a program examiner in 1996. Assigned to the Bureau's commerce branch, he was given responsibility for the decennial census, and while he was working on that task, he was recognized as a "budding wunderkind" by OMB Director Jack Lew, who promoted him to special assistant to the director in 1998. In 2000, he was further promoted to assistant director for administration and executive secretary.
Nabors joined the minority staff of the powerful House Appropriations Committee at the end of the Clinton Administration. Appropriations Chair Dave Obey promoted him to minority staff director in 2004. When the Democrats won the House in 2006, Nabors became majority staff director. "'He was just the best man for the job,' says Appropriations Committee Chairman Dave Obey, 'and he understands the House, he understands the committee, he understands the town, he understands the bureaucracy, and he doesn’t take any crap from anybody. His demeanor is very nice and very cool, but he doesn’t take any crap from people.'" Nabors said it was his job not just to "recite" budget numbers but to "own the information" and understand the human meanings behind the numbers.
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