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White House Press Secretary on NASA Administrator

by P.J. Blount with the blog faculty

From the White House:

THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

_________________________________________________________________

For Immediate Release May 18, 2009

PRESS BRIEFING
BY
PRESS SECRETARY ROBERT GIBBS

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room

3:42 P.M. EDT
. . .Q A couple of things. Are we going to hear anything about the NASA administrator and hear it today and –

MR. GIBBS: You won’t hear it today because of the Netanyahu meetings going longer. The visit with Mr. Bolden will be tomorrow morning. . . .

. . . Q Just quickly, to close the circle on NASA, is Bolden the President’s choice and will that happen tomorrow?

MR. GIBBS: Well, I don’t want to get ahead of the President’s meeting with him, but I know he’s anxious to have strong leadership at NASA. I think we’ve all watched and read about the mission that’s going on right now and the amazing efforts that are being undertaken with consecutive, multi-hour space walks to repair the Hubble telescope. So we may have something after that meeting but not until then. . . .