Senate committee OKs Maritime Administrator

   The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Monday evening favorably reported President Obama’s nominees for several positions including:

• Paul Jaenichen, Sr., to be administrator of the Maritime Administration
• Debra Miller, to be a member of the Surface Transportation Board
• Arun Kumar, to be Assistant Secretary for Trade Promotion and Director General of the U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, International Trade Administration
• Kathryn Sullivan, for Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, and for Administrator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration