The Obama administration has reached into Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill’s so-called “Show-Me” mafia for a White House appointment.
A White House news release says: Peggy E. Gustafson, Nominee for Inspector General, Small Business Administration Peggy Gustafson currently serves as General Counsel to Senator Claire McCaskill, where she advises the Senator on government oversight issues and helped write two bills that have significantly strengthened the federal offices of Inspectors General: the Inspector General Reform Act of 2008 and the legislation that created the office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
From 1999-2007 she served as General Counsel in the Missouri State Auditor’s Office. In that capacity she worked closely with the auditors on issues of the scope of the auditors’ duties, the auditors’ need to access records, and all other legal issues arising in the course of the audits. Ms. Gustafson also served as an assistant prosecuting attorney and as an assistant county counselor for Jackson County, Mo.
