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Trump nominations for Amtrak board of directors.
I've got the complete list of all the nominations at White House nominations sent to the Senate.
STATEMENTS & RELEASES
Nominations Sent to the Senate
Issued on: January 16, 2019
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Rick A. Dearborn, of Oklahoma, to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors for a term of five years, vice Jeffrey R. Moreland, term expired.
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Joseph Ryan Gruters, of Florida, to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors for a term of five years, vice Albert DiClemente, term expired.
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Leon A. Westmoreland, of Georgia, to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors for a term of five years. (New Position)
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Nominations Sent to the Senate
Issued on: January 16, 2019
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Rick A. Dearborn, of Oklahoma, to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors for a term of five years, vice Jeffrey R. Moreland, term expired.
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Joseph Ryan Gruters, of Florida, to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors for a term of five years, vice Albert DiClemente, term expired.
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Leon A. Westmoreland, of Georgia, to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors for a term of five years. (New Position)
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Trump nominations for Amtrak board of directors. (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Jan 2019
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snowybirdie
(6,047 posts)1. Not one
of them is from a state with train transportation available!
mahatmakanejeeves
(64,455 posts)2. Check your route map again, please. Thank you.

Scoopster
(423 posts)3. Relevant background info
Rick Dearborn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Dearborn
Joe Gruters: https://www.joegruters.com/about-joe/
Lynn Westmoreland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Westmoreland
mahatmakanejeeves
(64,455 posts)4. Thanks for looking them up. Not many surprises, huh? NT
flotsam
(3,268 posts)5. Lemme guess...
A greyhound lobbyist, a Boeing executive, and a random Nazi who's doberman pinscher was hit by a train.
How'd I do?