Green Options » nomination http://greenoptions.com/tag/nomination Posts tagged 'nomination' Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:09:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Bush Nominates Cheney Aide as Assistant Secretary to Department of Energy http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/10/09/bush-nominates-cheney-aide-as-assistant-secretary-to-department-of-energy/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/10/09/bush-nominates-cheney-aide-as-assistant-secretary-to-department-of-energy/#comments Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:09:02 +0000 Amiel Blajchman http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/10/09/bush-nominates-cheney-aide-as-assistant-secretary-to-department-of-energy/ President Bush’s recent designation, and subsequent nomination, of F. Chase Hutto III as acting Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and Domestic Policy of the Department of Energy (DOE) is starting to raise some eyebrows. According to a letter written by Senators Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.):

…while the American people are looking for leadership on renewable energy and global warming, they would instead get someone committed to partisan politics and more of the status quo failed energy policies.

The DOE website says the assistant secretary serves as “primary advisor to the Secretary and the Department on energy and technology policy development,” oversees policy analysis, and leads the DOE’s international activities.

Accordingly, they characterize his appointment as “simply an unacceptable candidate to lead the Department of Energy’s international energy initiatives.

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