UFOs are back in vogue, as Congress awaits a Pentagon report on the subject. The truth is out there and generating segments on “60 Minutes,” interviews with former presidents and trending across the internet.
The sightings also known as Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, or UAPs, in official parlance are having their moment in politics, and a bipartisan one at that.
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Apr 16, 2021
More Senators Who Made an Impact, Despite First Being Appointed (Not Elected)
Sen. Sam Ervin (D-NC) chairs the 1973 Senate Watergate hearings.
Ronald L. Feinman is the author of Assassinations, Threats, and the American Presidency: From Andrew Jackson to Barack Obama
(Rowman Littlefield Publishers, 2015). A paperback edition is now available.
A previous essay identified several US Senators who were initially appointed to their seats, rather than winning election. In the second half of the 20
th century, six other senators achieved historical significance despite originally being appointed on a temporary basis.
Alaska Air Group board of directors appoints Daniel Elwell as newest member
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SEATTLE, Jan. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Alaska Air Group announced today the appointment of Daniel Elwell to the company s board of directors, effective immediately. Elwell will also join the boards of directors of the company s airline subsidiaries Alaska Airlines, Inc. and Horizon Air Industries, Inc.
Daniel Elwell
Elwell, a former military and commercial pilot, served as Deputy and Acting Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration from June 2017 to November 2020, where he was responsible for the safety and efficiency of the largest aerospace system in the world, which operates more than 50,000 flights a day. Elwell also had oversight of the FAA s multibillion-dollar NextGen air traffic control modernization program to accelerate the shift from ground-based radar to state-of-the-art satellite technology with operational, community and e