Lots of names being mentioned as possible appointees. These two stand out:
but Kansas Democratic Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’s considerable stock seems to be holding steady for energy — or at least some Cabinet post.
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There’s buzz that the transition folks are also looking hard at some scientific types for the energy job, including Steven Chu, director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and professor of physics and molecular and cell biology at Cal-Berkeley. Chu co-chaired a group producing the international study “Lighting the Way: Toward a Sustainable Energy Future.” He also shared the Nobel Prize for physics, but that was back in 1997.
Could we see Bird Loomis of KU follow Sibelius to DC?
There’s been much debate about the role of science in the Bush Administration; naming Chu at DOE would go a long way toward reversing that trend.
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