Richardson Renounces Appointment by Obama

Published in La Stampa
(Italy) on 4 January 2009
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Translated from by Randi Johnson. Edited by Christie Chu.
Bill Richardson, the governor of New Mexico and Barack Obama's choice for the next secretary of commerce, was forced to give up the nomination because he is under investigation. In a statement to NBC, Obama announced that he has accepted Richardson's decision with "deep regret." The president-elect called the governor "an outstanding public servant" and states that he "would have brought to the job of commerce secretary and our economic team great insights accumulated through an extraordinary career in federal and state office."

According to NBC, Richardson's decision is linked to an investigation concerning a company that has worked for the state of New Mexico.

The governor and former presidential candidate said that he acted properly and has nothing to fear from the investigation. "But I have concluded," Richardson said, "that the ongoing investigation also would have forced an untenable delay in the confirmation process."

Richardson, 61, was the energy secretary and the U.S.'s ambassador to the U.N. under the Clinton administration. Before Hillary Clinton's nomination, his name was also a long shot on the list of possibles for secretary of state.

Had Robinson accepted the position of commerce secretary, he would have been the highest ranking Hispanic member of the incoming administration.


Indagato il segretario al Commercio
"Rinuncio alla nomina di Obama"

L'ex ministro dell'amministrazione Clinton Richardson
SCRIVI Obama alla Casa Bianca: cosa cambia per il mondo?


Richardson, ispanico ex clintoniano
è il governatore del New Mexico
Il governatore del New Mexico Bill Richardson, scelto da Barack Obama come prossimo segretario al Commercio, è stato costretto a rinunciare alla nomina perchè è finito sotto inchiesta. In una dichiarazione alla Nbc, Obama ha reso noto di aver accettato «con profondo dispiacere» la decisione di Richardson. Il presidente eletto ha definito il governatore «un’eccezionale figura pubblica che avrebbe portato al ruolo di ministro del Commercio e al nostro team economico la grande conoscenza accumulata in una carriera straordinaria».

Secondo la Nbc, la decisione di Richardson è legata a un’indagine che riguarda una società che ha lavorato per lo Stato del New Mexico.

Il governatore ed ex candidato presidenziale ha affermato di aver agito in modo corretto e di non aver niente da temere dall’inchiesta. «Ma ho concluso - ha affermato Richardson - che l’indagine in corso avrebbe costretto la procedura della mia conferma a un’inaccettabile rinvio».

Richardson, 61 anni, è stato ministro dell’Energia e ambasciatore all’Onu nell’amministrazione Clinton e il suo nome era girato a lungo come possibile segretario di Stato, prima che Obama scegliesse Hillary Clinton. Nel prossimo governo, sarebbe stato l’esponente ispanico di più alto livello.
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