Obama will issue a memorandum naming Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden as co-chairs of the team, which also will include 11 other high-level officials from Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis to the National Intelligence Director and head of the Small Business Administration, according to two senior administration officials.
"It is a long list, but I think it really does represent the seriousness of this administration's commitment to working through these issues and building a stronger Space Coast," a senior administration official said, speaking on condition of anonymity ahead of the president's announcement.
The goal is to come up with a plan to help the region weather the loss of an estimated 8,000 space jobs after the shuttle fleet's planned retirement later this year. The task force was ordered to report back to the president by Aug. 15.
Read the rest of the story from the Sunday newspaper and see the complete list of who is on the task force.
3 comments:
Recommendation: keep the shuttles flying until Constellation is ready. Oh, but you're cancelling both programs. How logical for keeping jobs.
The Eye Wash Commission. Typical liberal bunk. Don't really DO anything, just create committees and the like to give the impression that you care. The kiss butt media will run with this and all will seem peachy again. How he can complain about cost overruns for the Ares program while wasting billions on his useless agenda items is a crime. We need a pro-American white house.
I am so tired of you right wing hypocrites bashing the president. Why don't you idiots turn off the a m radio and joun the real world. It does not how many facts are produced you clowns continue to recite the slogans and dogma that has nothing to do with reality.
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