「スティーヴン・クライド・プレストン」の版間の差分

2008年4月18日、ブッシュ大統領はプレストンを住宅都市開発長官として指名した<ref name="WH">[http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/04/20080418-7.html President Bush Announces Nomination of Steve Preston as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development], White House, Office of the Press Secretary.</ref>。前長官[[アルフォンソ・ジャクソン]]は同日に辞任した<ref name="HUD">[http://www.hud.gov/news/release.cfm?content=pr08-046.cfm "Jackson to Step Down as HUD Secretary"], News Release 80-046, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, March 31, 2008.</ref>。上院での指名承認公聴会は5月22日に実施された。指名承認公聴会では、住宅都市開発省の透明性に関する問題と、住宅バブルに関する質問がなされた<ref name="CQ">[http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=cqmidday-000002882312 HUD Nominee Seems Headed for Confirmation]. CQ Politics, 2008-05-22. Accessed 2008-06-05. "Steven C. Preston, nominated to be HUD secretary, received bipartisan compliments Thursday from members of the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee for his work as administrator of the Small Business Administration. The panel's questions for Preston ranged from the housing crisis to the lack of transparency in HUD."</ref>。プレストンは中小企業庁長官時代の成果を述べ、出席者に感銘を与えた<ref name="CQ" />。プレストンの承認を拒否する直接的な理由は皆無であったが、上院では別の案件についての議論が熱を帯びていたため、プレストンの承認はしばらく先延ばしされる結果になった<ref name="FedTimes">Carlstrom, Gregg. [http://federaltimes.com/index.php?S=3543523 Senators question nominee for top HUD post]. Federal Times, 2008-05-23. Accessed 2008-05-28. "Democrats and Republicans vowed to move quickly to confirm President Bush's nominee to lead the embattled Housing and Urban Development Department."</ref>。プレストンは6月4日に満場一致で上院の承認を受けた<ref>Holzer, Jessica, [http://thehill.com/the-executive/bush-praises-new-hud-secretary-2008-06-05.html "Bush praises new HUD secretary"], ''The Hill'', June 5, 2008.</ref>。

 

 

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