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Obama Names Top Energy Official At Pentagon

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Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

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President Obama Friday nominated Sharon Burke, an energy researcher at a national security think tank researcher, to be director of operational energy plans and programs at the Defense Department, a new position created by Congress to lead development of a "transformational" strategy for acquiring and deploying energy required for training, moving, and sustaining military forces and weapons platforms. If confirmed by the Senate, Burke, currently vice president at the Washington Center for a New American Security (CNAS), will be principal…

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