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The Secret Life of Commissioner Astrue...

June 14, 2010

Author: Catherine M. Callery (Kate) | Louise M. Tarantino

Many of you may think of Social Security Commissioner Michael J. Astrue simply as the defendant in all those lawsuits against SSA.  Commissioner Astrue, however, is also a published poet under the pseudonym of A.M. Juster.  Read about his secret life and samples of his poetry at http://www.firstthings.com/article/2010/05/regard-the-scuttlebutt-as-true.