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Hutto you know?

Posted on August 19, 2008

By Kate Sheppard The Washington Post reports today that F. Chase Hutto III, a senior aide to Vice President Dick Cheney, is likely to be appointed as a key official at the Energy Department. Hutto has been a leading opponent of environmental regulations within the administration. A promotion to assistant secretary for policy and international affairs would put him in charge of the department's policies on climate change. The DOE website says the assistant secretary serves as primary advisor to the Secretary and the Department on energy and technology policy development, oversees poli...

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