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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: mystery-ak on March 27, 2023, 01:34:52 pm
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Biden nominee to lead FAA withdraws amid GOP opposition
Ivana Saric
Denver International Airport CEO Phil Washington, President Biden's nominee to lead the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), has withdrawn his nomination amid Republican opposition.
Driving the news: Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg called Washington an "excellent nominee" and condemned the "undeserved" partisan attacks against him in a tweet confirming the news Saturday night.
"I respect his decision to withdraw and am grateful for his service," Buttigieg added.
State of play: Last week a scheduled Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee confirmation vote was scuttled after after Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) raised last-minute questions about the nominee, Axios' Hans Nichols writes.
Republicans have repeatedly called Washington "unqualified,'' claiming he lacks specific aviation experience.
Reuters first reported the news that Washington had withdrawn his nomination.
The big picture: The FAA has been without a permanent leader since March 2022.
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https://www.axios.com/2023/03/26/biden-nominee-faa-withdraw
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Based on his testimony, I think I'd resign as Airport CEO too. I'd be too embarrassed to return to the office, now that his level of expertise has been outted.
This man needs to confine his airflight decisons to planes made of paper.
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This guys only aviation experience was supervising the Chic-fl-a concourse leases at the Denver airport.
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Why bother to nominate anyone for anything? Just hire someone, put the word "interim" in their job title, and be done with it. Problem solved.