On the recordDecember 7, 2009
NOMINATION SENT TO THE SENATE: Michael Peter Huerta, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, vice Robert A. Sturgell, resigned.
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presidency.ucsb.edu“NOMINATION SENT TO THE SENATE: Michael Peter Huerta, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, vice Robert A. Sturgell, resigned.”
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