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Jim Kingdon ) wrote:
: Re this morning's article:
: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/...eadlines-space

: I can't really add anything. In fact, I was a little surprised by the
: number of 18 political appointees in the Clinton administration and 24
: now. I had always thought that there were only 2 political positions
: in NASA (administrator and I think deputy administrator). In fact,
: Dwayne Day has written that if NASA had more political appointees,
: maybe they would get along better with the White House.

: Perhaps the 2 are the number which are confirmed by the Senate?
: I'm not sure how "political appointee" is being defined...


Of the additional six, how many are from Texas?

 




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