Obama to renominate Republican to nuclear panel
Source: Reuters
Exclusive: Obama to renominate Republican to nuclear panel
By Jeff Mason and Roberta Rampton
WASHINGTON | Thu Apr 19, 2012 12:06pm EDT
(Reuters) - President Barack Obama will renominate Republican Kristine Svinicki to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, defying opposition from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a White House official told Reuters on Thursday.
Republicans want Svinicki, whose term as a commissioner expires in June, to stay on the panel and believe the process is being held up because she, along with three other commission members, accused the current NRC chairman, a Democrat, of bullying women.
"The president will renominate her," a White House official said. "Expect the official nomination to happen in the coming days."
Reid, a Democrat, vehemently opposes Svinicki, saying she is too close to the nuclear industry she regulates and does not deserve the job.
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