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Obama Takes On Congress Over Policy Czar Positions By JAMES RISEN Published: April 16, 2011 WASHINGTON — President Obama issued a signing statement on Friday night saying that he could bypass a provision in the new budget that would prevent him from appointing White House “czars” to oversee major policy initiatives. In a statement accompanying his signing of the short-term budget agreement that passed Congress just in time to avert a government shutdown, Mr. Obama objected to the provision that would eliminate money for four czars handling health care,climate change , the auto industry and ur