Confirmation hearing on Locke
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May 25, 2011 - The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is holding what could be a one-day, rubber stamp confirmation hearing today on President Obama's nominee, to be ambassador to China, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke.
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Kerry lands Locke reversal in fish tale
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Seven days after President Obama nominated him as ambassador to China, Commerce Secretary Gary F. Locke publicly reversed an earlier decision that adversely affected some Massachusetts fishermen, constituents of Democratic Sen. John F. Kerry. Mr. Locke made the change after two weeks of intense lobbying by Mr. Kerry, who will chair his confirmation hearing Thursday.
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Charlie Rose interviews NOAA Chief Jane Lubchenco
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Dr. Jane Lubchenco, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), sat down this week for a television interview with PBS' Charlie Rose.
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Lawmakers request emergency action for scallop fishery in Nantucket Lightship Closed Area
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Senators John F. Kerry and Scott Brown, and Congressmen Barney Frank, William R. Keating and John F. Tierney have written a letter to NMFS Assistant Administrator Eric Schwaab requesting that he prevent fishing trips from occurring in the Nantucket Lightship Closed Area in the 2011 fishing year.
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Zinser to testify at fisheries hearing
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U.S. Commerce Department Inspector General Todd Zinser has accepted an invitation to testify at a Senate subcommittee hearing about the federal fisheries law enforcement system, whose misdeeds — documented by his investigation — brought a sub-cabinet level contingent to Gloucester last week to issue an apology and distribute cash reparations.
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