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A few weeks ago, we blogged on the status of filling the four NGO chairs on the Millennium Challenge Corporation's Board of Directors, two of which have remained vacant since the MCC's inception. With the president's nomination of Alan Patricof and Lorne Craner, based on the recommendation of the House majority and minority leaders respectively, we've been waiting to see what happens to the Senate recommendations given the term expirations of current Board members Ken Hackett and Christine Todd Whitman. I am delighted to hear that Senator Reid has apparently recommended that the president renew Ken Hackett's term; he has been a real asset to the governing body of the MCC. And early rumors that Senator McConnell is recommending Senator Bill Frist to replace Christine Todd Whitman (who announced her intent to step down at the end of her term) are looking to be true.
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