"Do you want to go to work in [the Obama] administration in any way?"
"No," Tom Wheeler responded. The year was 2009, and Wheeler was a member of the newly-minted President Obama’s transition team, responsible for helping revamp government agencies tied up in science, technology, space, and the arts.
But times change, and Obama selected Wheeler this week as his choice to succeed the departing Julius Genachowski, the tech-savvy but pragmatic businessman that Obama had selected to lead the Federal Communications Commission four years ago. Reactions to this most recent pick has been mixed, but the chorus of acclaim from big business — and its allies — has come fast and furious.
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/2/4293682/meet-tom-wheeler-the-man-who-could-control-your-digital-life
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