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Senate Approves Second Term for FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn

In June 2012, President Barack Obama nominated Mignon Clyburn to serve a second term as FCC Commissioner. On January 1, 2013, the Senate confirmed her nomination, paving the way to Clyburn’s first full term as one of five FCC Commissioners.

“I am so pleased that the Senate has approved Commissioner Clyburn’s re-nomination to the FCC,” said FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski in a written statement. …

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President Obama Announces Nomination of Mignon Clyburn for New Term as FCC Commissioner

On June 6, President Barack Obama announced that he will nominate Mignon Clyburn for a new term as one of five FCC Commissioners. Clyburn, a Democrat, came to the Commission in August 2009, filling the unexpired term of Republican Deborah Taylor Tate, whose tenure as a Commissioner came to a close in January 2009 when the Senate failed to confirm her nomination. Clyburn’s current term expires J…

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