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Carter Said to Be Leading Contender for Energy Secretary
2013-01-22 16:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter is the leading candidate to replace Steven Chu as energy secretary in President Barack Obamas second term, according to two people familiar with the matter. Carter, 58, a physicist, would be part of the core administration team overseeing energy and environmental policy, according to the people, who requested anonymity to discuss personnel matters. Chu, 64, a Nobel Prize winning physicist, may announce his departure from the administration this week,...
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