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Andrew H. Card Jr

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Andrew H. Card Jr., White House chief of staff who has a low key personality, holds one of the White House's most powerful positions and has also had a successful career in the private sector as president and chief executive officer of the American Automobile Manufacturer's Association (AAMA) and then as vice president for government relations at General Motors (GM). He was also nominated for the Cabinet level position of secretary of transportation during George H. W. Bush's presidency.

TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT, Biography, General Motors Corp., GM, Transportation equipment industry, White House, Card, Andrew H., Jr., American Automobile Manufacturers Association

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Michael K. Powell, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission

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Michael K. Powell is in charge of one of the U.S. government's most influential regulatory agencies, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). As chairman, he is in charge of an agency that is accountable to the congress and has an annual budget over $200 million.

United States. Federal Communications Commission, Powell, Michael (American chairperson)

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