Our adviser, Daniel B. Poneman, was nominated by the President for the position of Deputy Secretary, Department of Energy.
All of these IHUB boards talking about gaining from Obama, HOW MANY HAVE AN ADVISER NOMINATED FOR A WHITE HOUSE JOB???
NOT ONE, EXCEPT Thorium Power!
Obama Energy Team Gets D.C. Insider April 15, 2009 Science Insider
The White House has announced that it will nominate Daniel Poneman, a lawyer and former National Security Council official, as Deputy Secretary of Energy. Poneman is the only nonscientist among the Obama Administration's choices to lead DOE. He will join a Nobel Prize winner (Steven Chu) and two former university provosts (Kristina Johnson and Steven Koonin).
Unlike them, Poneman has been a fixture in Washington and brings years of experience working on nuclear and defense issues. Those issues still dominate DOE's agenda. Three-quarters of its budget goes toward managing the nation's nuclear stockpile, cleaning up former nuclear sites, and preventing the further spread of nuclear weapons.
According to Joseph Cirincione, an expert on nuclear proliferation who now heads the Ploughshares Fund, Poneman is a "solid, sober, moderate, nice guy" who doesn't push his own personal views. "He's not someone who will bring transformational change" to the nuclear weapons laboratories, Cirincione says. "He's the guy who will find a compromise."
President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals for key administration posts: Daniel B. Poneman, Deputy Secretary, Department of Energy... Daniel B. Poneman, Nominee for Deputy Secretary, Department of Energy...
Since 2001, Daniel B. Poneman has been a Principal of The Scowcroft Group, an international business advisory firm based in Washington, D.C. Prior to that he was a partner in the law firm of Hogan & Hartson. From 1993 through 1996, Poneman served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Nonproliferation and Export Controls at the National Security Council. He joined the NSC staff in 1990 as Director of Defense Policy and Arms Control, after serving as a White House Fellow in the Department of Energy. Poneman has served on several federal commissions and advisory panels, and has authored books on nuclear energy policy and on Argentina. He coauthored Going Critical: The First North Korean Nuclear Crisis, which received the 2005 Douglas Dillon Award for Distinguished Writing on American Diplomacy. Poneman received A.B. and J.D. degrees with honors from Harvard, and an M.Litt. in politics from Oxford University. He is an Adjunct Senior Fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations and a member of the Aspen Strategy Group. http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2009/04/another_chicagoan_laurie_mikva.html
Ya Think were gonna hear bout this in 15min on call?
The UAE peaceful nuclear programme will generate contracts worth more than $41 billion (Dh150bn) and the 123 Agreement signed between the UAE and US in early 2009 would create important economic opportunities for US companies involved in the development of nuclear energy.
A report on the economic benefits of US-UAE 123 Agreement said the UAE nuclear programme would generate contracts worth more than $41bn benefiting American companies that could participate as suppliers or as central leaders in consortiums bidding on projects. The contract would also improve bilateral trade and investment relations between the two countries.
"Even though the plants would be located in the UAE, those contracts would create jobs in the US.
"The nuclear power plants that Westinghouse is building in China and that GE is building in Taiwan have helped create and support more than 10,000 US jobs over a period of years. Moreover, the jobs themselves are high-quality, skilled craft, and engineering positions," the report said.
According to the US Department of Commerce formula, "every $1bn in US exports supports 11,000 to 12,000 US jobs".
"With $40bn in contracts, a portion of the business would be beneficial to the US economy," the report said, adding that US companies are already involved in the UAE civilian nuclear energy programme, including CH2MHill (Colorado), Rizzo (Pennsylvania) and Thorium Power (Virginia). Englewood, Colorado-based CH2M Hill won a 10-year contract to manage the UAE's nuclear programme in October 2008.
Paul C Rizzo Associates, a leading global engineering and consulting firm based in Pennsylvania, is working on engineering during the planning process, the report said, adding that the security benefits from the agreement includes an arms package totalling approximately $15bn approved by the US Congress.
"This includes the highly advanced Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile system, better known as Thaad. The UAE stands as the first, and only country, to which the United States has released this technology," the report said.
"The UAE hopes to consider US technologies for its programme and can do so only through a 123 Agreement. A 123 Agreement is neither a commitment to supply nor a license to export. Rather, it provides the legal framework so that nuclear commerce may take place. Once a 123 Agreement is in place, each export of nuclear material, equipment, or technology must receive a specific export license or other regulatory approval," the report said.
A report by Michael Moor, Professor of Economics and International Economic Policy, George Washington University, said the US export to the UAE touched $15.7bn in 2008 from $3.6bn in 2002 making the Emirates the single largest export market for US goods in the Middle East.
The UAE-US companies have also signed several multibillion-dollar contracts. General Electric and Mubadala Development Company signed a $8bn joint venture in high tech areas.
Former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed signed an agreement for cooperation between the two governments concerning peaceful uses of nuclear energy.
The Obama administration too has endorsed the A '123 Agreement' refers to Section 123 of the US Atomic Energy Act of 1954, which will provide the legal framework for peaceful nuclear energy commerce between the UAE and the US.
The US has more than 20 such agreements in place, including with Egypt and Morocco.
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