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WWW.samefacts.com - 1/23/2009
Does anybody really know who the Commerce Secretary is?
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Does anybody really care? Really. Its budget of between 6 and 7 billion dollars is by far the smallest of any Cabinet Department. That kind of money would be a rounding error for the Pentagon or HHS; hell, the Pentagon lost that much money in transit between Washington and Baghdad. And what ...
rollcall.com - 1/29/2009
Obama Looking at Gregg for Commerce Secretary
— rollcall.com — The Obama administration has been floating the idea of naming Republican Sen. Judd Gregg (N.H.) to be... Commerce Secretary, several Senate sources said Thursday. (more) Obama Looking at Gregg for Commerce Secretary

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latimes.com - 1/28/2009
Commerce secretary may hail from Silicon Valley - Los Angeles Times
— latimes.com — Reporting from Washington -- John W. Thompson, the outgoing chief executive of network security firm Symantec Corp.,... has emerged as a leading contender to be Commerce secretary, a move that would give the high-tech industry a major voice in the Obama ... (more) Commerce secretary may hail from Silicon Valley - Los ...

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blah3.com - 1/31/2009
Commerce, Gregg, and The Politico
— blah3.com — I'm watching this situation with New Hampshire Republican senator Judd Gregg with great interest. In case you... haven't heard, the Obama administration is considering nominating him for Secretary Of Commerce, which would leave a Senate vacancy that ... (more) Commerce, Gregg, and The Politico

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Matthew Yglesias:  At The Department of Forgotten Cabinet Secretaries

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At The Department of Forgotten Cabinet Secretaries
Matthew Yglesias — As the Obama administration heads into the last day of its first working week, exactly nobody is poised at the edge of their seat wondering who the next Commerce Secretary will be. The reason is that nobody cares about the Department of Commerce. The only important sub-cabinet job—the head of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration—has already been filled by Jane Lubchenco (an excellent choice). Jonathan Zasloff suggests doing away with the department altogether: In the run-up to the 2012 Election, President Obama should propose abolishing the department. It would be his equivalent of Bill Clinton’s support of school uniforms and ...

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