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Locke Statement on President Obama's Intent to Nominate Groves as Census Director

Submitted on April 2, 2009 - 7:45pm
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President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate Robert Groves as the new Director of the U.S. Census Bureau. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke released the following statement: “The decennial Census faces significant challenges, but I am confident that Robert’s leadership will help us meet those challenges. He is a respected social scientist who will run the Census Bureau with integrity and independence.” As Census Director, Groves will report to Secretary Locke. (Statement [7]) (White House Release [8])

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