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FCC commissioner nominated for a second term

WASHINGTON
Fri Nov 30, 2007 8:14pm EST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush intends to nominate one of the two Democrats on the five-member Federal Communications Commission to another term, the White House said on Friday.

Barack Obama

The White House said Bush would nominate Jonathan Adelstein to a five-year term, to expire on June 30, 2013. Adelstein was first sworn in as an FCC commissioner on December 3, 2002.

(Reporting by Peter Kaplan; editing by Tim Dobbyn)



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