Republican National Committee Hires Senior Facebook Engineer As Chief Technology Officer [Huffington Post]

This reminds me of a line from "The Right Stuff" -- "Our Germans are better than their Germans."

"The Republican National Committee has hired a senior Facebook engineer with a decade of experience in Silicon Valley to fill its newly created position of chief technology officer, The Huffington Post has learned.
Andy Barkett, 32, an engineering manager at Facebook and a California native, will head RNC efforts to make the party more competitive in the digital realm, the RNC confirmed Thursday evening. One source called the decision to hire Barkett "a relatively speedy development." Barkett will split his time between Silicon Valley and Washington, sources said."

Republican National Committee Hires Senior Facebook Engineer As Chief Technology Officer