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| Barack Obama names energy, environment and budget heads | Barack Obama names energy, environment and budget heads |
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| US President Barack Obama has nominated new heads for the energy department and the Environmental Protection Agency, as he reshuffles his second term cabinet. | |
| He chose air quality expert Gina McCarthy to lead the environmental protection agency and nuclear physicist Ernest Moniz as secretary of energy. | He chose air quality expert Gina McCarthy to lead the environmental protection agency and nuclear physicist Ernest Moniz as secretary of energy. |
| Also on Monday, Mr Obama nominated Sylvia Mathews Burwell as his budget director. | Also on Monday, Mr Obama nominated Sylvia Mathews Burwell as his budget director. |
| Later, the president is due to hold the first cabinet meeting of his new term. | Later, the president is due to hold the first cabinet meeting of his new term. |
| Ms McCarthy and Dr Moniz must be confirmed by the Senate before taking up their posts. | Ms McCarthy and Dr Moniz must be confirmed by the Senate before taking up their posts. |
| Ms Burwell's nomination to lead the White House Office of Management and Budget comes amid tense negotiations in Washington DC over the federal budget, and just days after a series of deep, across-the-board spending cuts took effect. | Ms Burwell's nomination to lead the White House Office of Management and Budget comes amid tense negotiations in Washington DC over the federal budget, and just days after a series of deep, across-the-board spending cuts took effect. |
| Ms McCarthy currently serves as the assistant administrator for the environment agency's office of air and radiation. If confirmed, should would succeed Lisa Jackson. | Ms McCarthy currently serves as the assistant administrator for the environment agency's office of air and radiation. If confirmed, should would succeed Lisa Jackson. |
| Dr Moniz, who would follow Steven Chu as energy secretary, is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. | Dr Moniz, who would follow Steven Chu as energy secretary, is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
| Mr Obama has made climate change and clean energy production priorities on his second-term agenda. He touched on the topics in two major addresses this year - his inaugural address and his State of the Union speech. | Mr Obama has made climate change and clean energy production priorities on his second-term agenda. He touched on the topics in two major addresses this year - his inaugural address and his State of the Union speech. |