With the departure of nutrition policy advisor Sam Kass, who also was personal chef for the Obama family, the administration “is set to lose its behind-the-scenes food policy general at the end of the month, right as a Republican Congress plans an assault on much of first lady Michelle Obama’s healthy eating agenda,” says Politico. Its story says Kass’s successor must be “ready for a political fight.” Kass was a central figure for the White House on school lunch reform, calorie counts on menus and phasing out of trans fats, says Politico. “Kass’ work showed that virtually nothing is beyond politics anymore in Washington — even the guy who cooks the president dinner.”