Tomlinson, Broadcast Board Chairman, Asks for Replacement

BROADCAST BOARD CHAIRMAN ASKS FOR REPLACEMENT
[SOURCE: Washington Post, AUTHOR: Paul Farhi]
The chairman of the agency that oversees Voice of America and other government broadcasts to foreign countries said yesterday he would not seek renomination, likely ending a series of ethical controversies that have clouded his tenure. Kenneth Y. Tomlinson asked President Bush not to submit his name for reconfirmation as chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, which runs VOA, Radio Free Europe and Alhurra, the pan-Arabic satellite TV channel funded by the United States. "I have concluded that it would be far more constructive to write a book on my experiences rather than to seek to continue government service," Tomlinson wrote. "Accordingly, I ask that you nominate another person to serve as chairman of this board." The letter was something of a formality. With the Democrats controlling the Senate, Tomlinson -- a longtime Republican colleague of White House adviser Karl Rove -- would have faced long odds of confirmation. He has been under fire at least twice in the past 18 months for his performance in two appointed jobs.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/09/AR200701...
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CPB, BBG NOMINATIONS
[SOURCE: White House]
President Bush has requested the Senate confirm two recent recess appointments to full terms -- Warren Bell, of California, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a term expiring January 31, 2012 and Mark McKinnon, of Texas, to be a Member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors for a term expiring August 13, 2009. The President has also renominated D. Jeffrey Hirschberg, of Wisconsin, to be a Member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors for a term expiring August 13, 2007. (Reappointment)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/01/20070109-5.html