Senior House lawmaker urges Obama to appoint cybersecurity czar

Rep Yvette Clarke (D-NY) -- the chairwoman of the House Homeland Security Committee's Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology Subcommittee -- is calling on President Barack Obama to quickly appoint a cybersecurity coordinator. She said it was important to have a cybersecurity official in the White House with access to the president to ensure computer defense efforts are coordinated and disciplined.