FEB 8 20101.GOP Senator: Not Saying 'No' to Obama Nominees Anymore
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1. GOP Senator: Not Saying 'No' to Obama
Nominees Anymore
By Jonathan Karl and Kristina Wong for ABC News
....Graffeo told ABC News that the purpose of placing the holds were
to "get the White House's attention on two issues that are critical to
our national security -- the Air Force's aerial refueling tanker
acquisition and the FBI's Terrorist Device Analytical Center (TEDAC)."
Both issues were unrelated to the nominations, and the latter
regarded the Obama administration's decision not to move an FBI lab
to Shelby's home state of Alabama.
"With that accomplished, Shelby has decided to release his holds on
all but a few nominees directly related to the Air Force tanker
acquisition until the new Request for Proposal is issued," Graffeo said.
Currently there are more than 80 presidential nominations hanging in
the balance, including the undersecretary of defense for military
readiness and top officials at the Departments of State and Homeland
Security. Shelby had opposed and blocked every pending presidential
nomination.
Shelby's office defended the senator's decision to call attention to the
tanker acquisition and the FBI facility, saying that neither was an
"earmark."
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