Obama nominates UNC professor

Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on May 5, 2009 - 8:30am.
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A UNC-Chapel Hill professor may oversee consumer product safety.

President Obama has nominated Robert S. Adler, a professor of legal studies and ethics at UNC, to be commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Adler's research and teaching focus on consumer protection, product liability, ethics, regulation and negotiation.

Before joining the UNC faculty, Adler served as counsel on the Committee on Energy and Commerce, adgvising on legislative and oversight issues relating to the commission and as an attorney-advisor to two commissioners.

He has been elected six times to the board of directors of Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports magazine.

He also served on the presidential transition team.

Hat Tip: David Ingram 

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Re: Obama nominates UNC professor

Submitted by ishley on May 5, 2009 - 1:52pm.

Hey mike, do you need someone to bring a bucket and some some rags to soak up all of your BIG SALTY TEARS? Waaaaaaaaahhhh! My guy didn't win **Sniffle, sniffle**

Grow up.

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Re: Obama nominates UNC professor

Submitted by mike27513 on May 5, 2009 - 1:28pm.

And the Corruption continues. On the Osama transition team get a patronage job.

At least he won't by suckling on the NC taxpayer's teat for a while [I hope].

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Re: Obama nominates UNC professor

Submitted by Taxpayer2008 on May 5, 2009 - 10:01am.

Congratulations go out to the Professor. Seems President Obama wants a piece of Carolina on his team.

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