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Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Astronaut’s Wife, Now Chairs House NASA Oversight Panel

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Thursday, January 29th, 2009

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By Dave Ahearn Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) for the next two years will chair the House Science and Technology Committee (HSTC) space and aeronautics subcommittee that oversees NASA and authorizes its programs, the full HSTC decided yesterday. Gifford's husband, Mark Kelley, is a NASA astronaut. The full committee yesterday approved her selection for the subcommittee leadership post, and approved both Democratic and Republican leadership and membership for each of the HSTC subcommittees. Giffords, in her top-level HSTC subcommittee role, will…

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