GAO chief and U.S. Comptroller General David Walker announced plans today to become president and CEO of the Peterson Foundation established by renown deficit hawk Pete Peterson, former Commerce Secretary and chair of the Concord Coalition (and, to be fair, beneficiary of millions of federal dollars in carried interest tax breaks). Peterson will contribute $1 billion to the organization over the next several years. Walker had been head of GAO since November 1998. With characteristic modesty, Walker puts his move in perspective: ... while I love both my job as Comptroller General and the GAO, I love my country more, and I believe that leading this Foundation represents a unique opportunity and will be good for my country. Seriously, though, that's a lot of money to dedicate to public education and conceiving solutions to problems facing the nation's fiscal future, among other things, and Walker, who's brought his message of fiscal balance and responsibility to citizen through the Fiscal Wake-Up Tour for years, is the man for the job.