Obama re-nominates FCC commissioner to stabilize agency

Still awaiting a permanent chairman, the FCC moved closer to filling out its ranks this week when President Obama announced he would re-nominate Robert McDowell as a commissioner, extending his tenure set to expire June 30th. The FCC, decimated by the resignation of former chairman Kevin Martin, and the planned resignation of commissioner Jonathan Adelstein, has been functioning with a skeleton staff of commissioners for months.

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