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Eric Schmidt a Contender For US Commerce Secretary

Posted by Soulskill on from the don't-be-evil-there-either dept.

itwbennett writes "Rumor has it that the man who while CEO of Google was, at best, blithe about user privacy, is on a short list to replace Gary Locke as Commerce Secretary. Schmidt has competition, though, including former Pfizer CEO Jeffrey Kindler and US Trade Representative Ron Kirk, according to Bloomberg."

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  1. So the US Commerce will now be in Beta forever? by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, that seems to be the way that Google works. I guess if Eric Schmidt gets chosen, that will be his first move: Declare all Commerce to be Beta. So if there are any problems with the US Commerce, he can just say, "Hey, this is all still Beta . . . problems are to be expected."

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