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Obama's Choice For Energy Secretary Vows to Address Climate Change

By Deborah Tate
Capitol Hill
13 January 2009

Energy Sec.-designate Steven Chu testifies on Capitol Hill, 13 Jan 2009Energy Sec.-designate Steven Chu testifies on Capitol Hill, 13 Jan 2009President-elect Barack Obama's nominee for energy secretary, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Chu, said if confirmed he will pursue policies to address climate change and reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil. 
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (file photo)U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (file photo)Senator Lisa Murkowski is a Republican from Alaska.

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