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Title: Senate Confirms Chai Feldblum, An Openly Gay Candidate
Post by: Shana A on December 27, 2010, 01:07:49 PM
Post by: Shana A on December 27, 2010, 01:07:49 PM
Senate Confirms Chai Feldblum, An Openly Gay Candidate
By On Top Magazine Staff
Published: December 26, 2010
http://ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=7180&MediaType=1&Category=25 (http://ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=7180&MediaType=1&Category=25)
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed the nomination of Chai Feldblum as a commissioner to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Federal Times reported.
Feldblum was among the 15 administration nominees appointed in March by President Barack Obama in his first recess appointments since taking office. But a Senate vote was still needed to make her appointment permanent through 2013.
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Feldblum, a former professor at Georgetown University's Law Center, is considered a national scholar on transgender rights, disability issues and the gay rights movement.
By On Top Magazine Staff
Published: December 26, 2010
http://ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=7180&MediaType=1&Category=25 (http://ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=7180&MediaType=1&Category=25)
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed the nomination of Chai Feldblum as a commissioner to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Federal Times reported.
Feldblum was among the 15 administration nominees appointed in March by President Barack Obama in his first recess appointments since taking office. But a Senate vote was still needed to make her appointment permanent through 2013.
[...]
Feldblum, a former professor at Georgetown University's Law Center, is considered a national scholar on transgender rights, disability issues and the gay rights movement.