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| President Barack Obama announced three cabinet-level nominations Monday and called on the Senate to "act quickly" to confirm them. | President Barack Obama announced three cabinet-level nominations Monday and called on the Senate to "act quickly" to confirm them. |
| At least one of the nominees, Gina McCarthy, the president's pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency, could face a tough road to confirmation. McCarthy would be charged with enforcing regulations on factory emissions, a role that could put her at odds with free-market Republicans and Democrats from coal states. | At least one of the nominees, Gina McCarthy, the president's pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency, could face a tough road to confirmation. McCarthy would be charged with enforcing regulations on factory emissions, a role that could put her at odds with free-market Republicans and Democrats from coal states. |
| The president said McCarthy, the current head of the EPA's air division, had won respect among industry members as well as her peers in government. | The president said McCarthy, the current head of the EPA's air division, had won respect among industry members as well as her peers in government. |
| "She's earned a reputation as a straight-shooter. She welcomes differing points of view," Obama said in a White House ceremony. "And I'm confident she's going to do an outstanding job leading the EPA". | "She's earned a reputation as a straight-shooter. She welcomes differing points of view," Obama said in a White House ceremony. "And I'm confident she's going to do an outstanding job leading the EPA". |
| Obama also named Ernest Moniz, a nuclear physicist at MIT, to head the Department of Energy; and Sylvia Mathews Burwell, director of the Walmart Foundation, as director of the Office of Management and Budget. Moniz was under-secretary of education under President Bill Clinton. Mathews was deputy OMB director under Clinton, when she "presided over three budget surpluses in a row", Obama said. | Obama also named Ernest Moniz, a nuclear physicist at MIT, to head the Department of Energy; and Sylvia Mathews Burwell, director of the Walmart Foundation, as director of the Office of Management and Budget. Moniz was under-secretary of education under President Bill Clinton. Mathews was deputy OMB director under Clinton, when she "presided over three budget surpluses in a row", Obama said. |
| The president framed the nominations as an attempt to deliver on his promise to enact tougher regulations to protect the environment. "These are some of my top priorities," Obama said. | The president framed the nominations as an attempt to deliver on his promise to enact tougher regulations to protect the environment. "These are some of my top priorities," Obama said. |
| While Republicans have not explicitly opposed McCarthy's nomination, senator Lisa Murkowski, a Republican from Alaska, told Politico that McCarthy's EPA office had been slow to grant Shell, the oil company, offshore drilling permits. | While Republicans have not explicitly opposed McCarthy's nomination, senator Lisa Murkowski, a Republican from Alaska, told Politico that McCarthy's EPA office had been slow to grant Shell, the oil company, offshore drilling permits. |
| "She has been very much an EPA bureaucrat and that's made it difficult on some of the issues we work on," Murkowski said. | "She has been very much an EPA bureaucrat and that's made it difficult on some of the issues we work on," Murkowski said. |
| Obama gave a brief pep talk ahead of the looming budget battle (the deadline for Congress to pass a new budget is 27 March). The country will feel growing economic pain from the $85bn in automatic budget cuts that were triggered Friday by sequestration, the president said. He called on the legislature to do better in the next round. | Obama gave a brief pep talk ahead of the looming budget battle (the deadline for Congress to pass a new budget is 27 March). The country will feel growing economic pain from the $85bn in automatic budget cuts that were triggered Friday by sequestration, the president said. He called on the legislature to do better in the next round. |
| "Eventually a lot of people are going to feel some pain," Obama said. "That's why we've got to keep on working to reduce our deficit in a balanced way. I'm confident that we will get there if people of goodwill come together." | "Eventually a lot of people are going to feel some pain," Obama said. "That's why we've got to keep on working to reduce our deficit in a balanced way. I'm confident that we will get there if people of goodwill come together." |
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