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Another coon in the cabinet. Obama to Nominate spear chucker Foxx for Transportation Secretary
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J. I. Gaboos
Apr 28, 2013, 7:33:27 PM4/28/13
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WASHINGTON猶resident Barack Obama on Monday will name Charlotte,
N.C., Mayor Anthony Foxx to be the next secretary of the
Department of Transportation, an agency that has been under
intense pressure in recent days over flight delays caused by
budget cuts.
Mr. Foxx has been mayor since 2009 and, as an African-American,
would help Mr. Obama fend off criticism from his own party about
a lack of diversity in his cabinet picks. The post requires
Senate confirmation.
A White House official said Mr. Obama would make the
announcement Monday and praised Mr. Foxx's efforts to improve
Charlotte's transit infrastructure as a way to expand the
economy.
Unlike several of Mr. Obama's Cabinet picks for his second
term耀uch as Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Secretary of
StateJohn Kerry柚r. Foxx hasn't been a close friend or leading
political ally of the president. But the two got better
acquainted when Charlotte played host to the Democratic National
Convention last year.
Mr. Foxx will be among several people Mr. Obama is naming to top
posts this week, rounding out a second-term cabinet. Mr. Obama
has settled on Mike Froman, currently a White House deputy
national security adviser, as his nominee for U.S. trade
representative, an administration official said Friday. The
president will also name Chicago billionaire and Democratic
donor Penny Pritzker as commerce secretary, the official said,
ending months of speculation about her likely nomination.
Mr. Froman has been a trusted adviser to the president on
international economics and security issues. Ms. Pritzker was a
major fundraiser for both of Mr. Obama's presidential races.
Mr. Foxx, if confirmed, will replace the current secretary of
the Department of Transportation, Ray LaHood. Mr. LaHood has
been under pressure over the furloughing of federal air-traffic
controllers as a result of the sequester.
Lawmakers complained about flight delays and last week passed a
bill that included funding to allow the Federal Aviation
Administration to stop the furloughs of air-traffic controllers
and prevent the scheduled closure of 149 control towers staffed
by contracted employees at small airports. The FAA is part of
the Department of Transportation.
In choosing Mr. Foxx, the president bypassed the head of the
National Transportation Safety Board, Deborah Hersman, who was
considered a candidate for the post. Ms. Hersman was known for
fighting against sleepy pilots and drunken drivers and won
bipartisan praise from lawmakers for increasing the profile of
the independent safety board.
There are currently two African-Americans among those with
cabinet rank in the Obama administration, Attorney General Eric
Holder and U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice. At the White House
Correspondents' Association dinner Saturday night, comedian
Conan O'Brien took a jab at the diversity of the president's
choices, saying Mr. Obama's hair was "so white, it could be a
member of your cabinet."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323528404578451340
242681424.html
Obviously democrats haven't taken a good look at the tax code
courtesy of Charles Rangel, or the Los Angeles city deficit
courtesy of Maxine Waters. Both black democrats of dubious
integrity.
N.C., Mayor Anthony Foxx to be the next secretary of the
Department of Transportation, an agency that has been under
intense pressure in recent days over flight delays caused by
budget cuts.
Mr. Foxx has been mayor since 2009 and, as an African-American,
would help Mr. Obama fend off criticism from his own party about
a lack of diversity in his cabinet picks. The post requires
Senate confirmation.
A White House official said Mr. Obama would make the
announcement Monday and praised Mr. Foxx's efforts to improve
Charlotte's transit infrastructure as a way to expand the
economy.
Unlike several of Mr. Obama's Cabinet picks for his second
term耀uch as Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Secretary of
StateJohn Kerry柚r. Foxx hasn't been a close friend or leading
political ally of the president. But the two got better
acquainted when Charlotte played host to the Democratic National
Convention last year.
Mr. Foxx will be among several people Mr. Obama is naming to top
posts this week, rounding out a second-term cabinet. Mr. Obama
has settled on Mike Froman, currently a White House deputy
national security adviser, as his nominee for U.S. trade
representative, an administration official said Friday. The
president will also name Chicago billionaire and Democratic
donor Penny Pritzker as commerce secretary, the official said,
ending months of speculation about her likely nomination.
Mr. Froman has been a trusted adviser to the president on
international economics and security issues. Ms. Pritzker was a
major fundraiser for both of Mr. Obama's presidential races.
Mr. Foxx, if confirmed, will replace the current secretary of
the Department of Transportation, Ray LaHood. Mr. LaHood has
been under pressure over the furloughing of federal air-traffic
controllers as a result of the sequester.
Lawmakers complained about flight delays and last week passed a
bill that included funding to allow the Federal Aviation
Administration to stop the furloughs of air-traffic controllers
and prevent the scheduled closure of 149 control towers staffed
by contracted employees at small airports. The FAA is part of
the Department of Transportation.
In choosing Mr. Foxx, the president bypassed the head of the
National Transportation Safety Board, Deborah Hersman, who was
considered a candidate for the post. Ms. Hersman was known for
fighting against sleepy pilots and drunken drivers and won
bipartisan praise from lawmakers for increasing the profile of
the independent safety board.
There are currently two African-Americans among those with
cabinet rank in the Obama administration, Attorney General Eric
Holder and U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice. At the White House
Correspondents' Association dinner Saturday night, comedian
Conan O'Brien took a jab at the diversity of the president's
choices, saying Mr. Obama's hair was "so white, it could be a
member of your cabinet."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323528404578451340
242681424.html
Obviously democrats haven't taken a good look at the tax code
courtesy of Charles Rangel, or the Los Angeles city deficit
courtesy of Maxine Waters. Both black democrats of dubious
integrity.
H.B. Elkins
Apr 30, 2013, 10:18:22 PM4/30/13
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