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Title: Trump Re-Nominates Billionaire Jared Isaacman To Run NASA

Link: https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/11/05/0...

President Trump has re-nominated tech billionaire and private astronaut Jared
Isaacman to lead NASA, reversing his earlier withdrawal over concerns about
Isaacman's political affiliations. CBS News reports: Mr. Trump nominated
Isaacman to the Senate-confirmed post last year, but announced in late May he
had decided to withdraw Isaacman after a "thorough review" of his "prior
associations." Weeks after the withdrawal, the president went further in
expressing his concerns about Isaacman's credentials. At the time, Mr. Trump
acknowledged that he thought Isaacman "was very good," but had been
"surprised to learn" that Isaacman was a "blue-blooded Democrat, who had
never contributed to a Republican before." [...] Mr. Trump made no mention of
his previous decision to nominate and then withdraw Isaacman in his Tuesday
evening announcement of the re-nomination on his Truth Social platform. "This
evening, I am pleased to nominate Jared Isaacman, an accomplished business
leader, philanthropist, pilot, and astronaut, as Administrator of NASA,"
Trump posted. "Jared's passion for Space, astronaut experience, and
dedication to pushing the boundaries of exploration, unlocking the mysteries
of the universe, and advancing the new Space economy, make him ideally suited
to lead NASA into a bold new Era."

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