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Obama to renominate Kristine L. Svinicki to the nuclear panel

Obama plans to renominate GOP member of NRC, averting fight with Senate Republicans By Ed O’Keefe, HUFFINGTON POST,  04/19/2012,  The White House plans torenominate a Republican member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, forestalling a potential fight with Senate Republicans over whether she would be tapped to continue serving after raising concerns with the panel’s Democratic chairman.

White House aides said Thursday that President Obama plans to renominate Kristine L. Svinicki to the nuclear panel for another five-year term. Svinicki, a Republican member of the commission, is a former state and federal energy official who also once served as a Senate aide….. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/2chambers/post/obama-plans-to-renominate-gop-member-of-nrc-averting-fight-with-senate-republicans/2012/04/19/gIQASzpJTT_blog.h

April 21, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general