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   ARLB016 President Obama Announces Nomination of Mignon Clyburn for   
   New Term as FCC Commissioner   
      
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   ARRL Bulletin 16  ARLB016   
   From ARRL Headquarters     
   Newington CT  June 14, 2012   
   To all radio amateurs    
      
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   ARLB016 President Obama Announces Nomination of Mignon Clyburn for   
   New Term as FCC Commissioner   
      
   On June 6, President Barack Obama announced that he will nominate   
   Mignon Clyburn for a new term as one of five FCC Commissioners.   
   Clyburn, a Democrat, came to the Commission in August 2009, filling   
   the unexpired term of Republican Deborah Taylor Tate, whose tenure   
   as a Commissioner came to a close in January 2009 when the Senate   
   failed to confirm her nomination. Clyburn's current term expires   
   June 30.   
      
   "In renominating Commissioner Clyburn, President Obama has made an   
   outstanding choice for the Commission and for the American people,"   
   said FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski in a written statement. "As I   
   know from working with her for the past several years, Commissioner   
   Clyburn is a strong leader, focused on helping all Americans harness   
   the benefits of broadband. I congratulate her."   
      
   Prior to joining the FCC, Clyburn -- the daughter of Assistant   
   Democratic Party Leader of the United States House of   
   Representatives James Clyburn (D-SC) -- served on the Public Service   
   Commission of South Carolina for 11 years. The Public Service   
   Commission regulates South Carolina's investor owned public   
   utilities, including providers of telecommunications services.   
   Before her election to that body, she spent 14 years as the   
   publisher and general manager of The Coastal Times, a weekly   
   newspaper in Charleston, South Carolina.   
      
   In 1998, Clyburn was elected by the South Carolina General Assembly   
   as a Commissioner to represent the Sixth Congressional District; she   
   was re-elected three times, chairing the Commission from 2002-2004.   
   She is a past chair of the Southeastern Association of Regulatory   
   Utility Commissioners, and served as the chair of the Washington   
   Action Committee of the National Association of Regulatory Utility   
   Commissioners (NARUC). Clyburn also served on NARUC's Audit   
   Committee and Utilities Market Access Partnership Board.   
      
   For much of this year, the FCC has been operating with just three   
   commissioners: Robert McDowell, Genachowski and Clyburn. Both   
   Genachowski and Clyburn are Democrats; McDowell is a Republican.   
   Last month, two new Commissioners -- Democrat Jessica Rosenworcel   
   and Republican Ajit Pai -- were sworn in, bringing the Commission to   
   full strength. Only three sitting Commissioners may be members of   
   the same political party, and none can have a financial interest in   
   any Commission-related business.   
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