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we will consider i can t do that yet. okay. let me explain the nominees we will have today that we can go to immediately. doctor david applegate of the geological survey, carmen to be the assistant secretary of the interior for insular and internationalti affairs and the director of the advanced research projects agency energy. we hold a hearing on the nominations on april 208th and i ve supported all three nominees and they are qualified to the positions they ve been nominated. doctor applegate served as the director for the past year. the career member of the senior executive service and diplomat in the state department. spent the last two and a half years in the states. at the head of the mechanical engineering department serving as the associate director of the solid-state solar thermal. i think all three nominees will bring their extensive knowledge and experience and i would urge my colleagues to vote to confirm that we will vote on the nominations once we have. ....
okay. [inaudible] i can go through them, okay. so, let me explain the three nominees we are going to have today and then we can go immediately. we will have doctor david applegate to be the director of geological survey, ambassador to be the assistant secretary of the interior for insular and international affairs and doctor evelyn long to be the director of the advanced research project agency. we held a hearing on all three of the nominations on april 208th. and i ve supported all three nominees and they are qualified to the positions to which they ve been nominated. i think we do have support in a bipartisan way that is very good. doctor applegate has been for the past 18 years has served as the acting director for the past year. ambassador cantor is a member of the senior executive service and experienced diplomat with the state department. she has spent the last two and a half years as the ambassador of the states and approach to which the senate confirmed her by v ....
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