, Columnist
Gary Cohn's Exit Isn't the End of Western Civilization
Chill out, everyone. We don't know whether this adviser actually kept the administration out of trouble, or whether his successor will.
The wheel keeps on turning.
Photographer: Chris Kleponis/PoolTime for some perspective on Gary Cohn.
This Goldman Sachs alum's departure as a White House adviser, while less than ideal, might not mark as significant a shift in policy as the hullabaloo suggests. The role he held, director of the National Economic Council, is not especially strong institutionally. Did the man himself make a difference?