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On the recordMay 14, 2009
I asked each of them to give me a name or two of somebody who could be Census Bureau Director, and several of them submitted your name.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Mentioning the recommendation of a candidate for Census Bureau Director.

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