FCC gets gender check.(Bush administration looks for woman for Federal Communications Commission)(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, February, 2001 by McConnell, Bill

GOP looks to add woman to one of two open seats on the commission Vexed by the sudden realization that a remade FCC could raise charges of a gender gap, the Bush transition team is determined to add a GOP woman to the list of commissioner candidates, according to sources familiar with the search.

Adding a Republican woman to the panel virtually eliminates the chances that both men once thought to be front-runners for the two open GOP seats--Texas utility regulator Pat Wood and Bush campaign aide Kevin Martin--will be named to the commission. The women reportedly at the top of the GOP list: * Rebecca Armendariz, previously an aide on the former Texas governor's policy staff, specializing in telecommunications, Mexican border issues and...

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