Bush pulls surprise with Energy Department choice

[NVMojo]

Not much old RED Nevada can do now. Here comes Yucca, Senator Reid!

WASHINGTON -- President Bush on Friday nominated Samuel Bodman as a surprise pick to head the Department of Energy.

Bodman, 66, a former corporate chieftain who has worked as the chief operating officer of two government agencies, is not well-known within most industries that would be affected by his decisions at the Energy Department involving oil and gas exploration, electricity generation, renewable fuels research, nuclear power, nuclear waste cleanup and disposal and management of the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile.

Bodman, a Chicago native, built a varied resume as a college professor and a corporate leader before joining the government in 2001. He was confirmed as deputy secretary -- the No. 2 position -- at the Commerce Department, and currently holds a similar post at the Treasury Department.

The nominee also was largely unfamiliar to Nevada leaders and interest groups who monitor Energy Department projects, including the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository and the DOE-operated Nevada Test Site.

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http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2004/Dec-11-Sat-2004/news/25457501.html

[underpants]

1. Good Grief he nominated Charlie Brown?

[NVMojo]

2. ROFLMAO!!!!

B-)

[VTHoosierPatriot]

3. His policy choices will be no surprise..

More of the whatever industry wants mantra.

[Divernan]

4. He's a chemist who taught at MIT - he must believe in SCIENCE!

As the article reports, the chemical industry has been surprisingly supportive of alternative fuels to be used for electricity, saving gas for other purposes. So let's hope this guy brings some common sense to the Cabinet and doesn't end up being driven out like Paul O'Neill, the former Alcoa CEO, who didn't go along with the Emporer's New Clothes delusions of the Bush's yes-men.