{"id":6888,"date":"2010-01-22T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-praises-obamas-nomination-of-oregonian-dr-earl-weener-to-national-transportation-board\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:11:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:11:28","slug":"merkley-praises-obamas-nomination-of-oregonian-dr-earl-weener-to-national-transportation-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-praises-obamas-nomination-of-oregonian-dr-earl-weener-to-national-transportation-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley elogia la nominaci\u00f3n de Obama del Dr. Earl Weener de Oregon a la Junta Nacional de Transporte"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Washington DC<\/strong> \u2013 El senador de Oreg\u00f3n, Jeff Merkley, aplaudi\u00f3 la decisi\u00f3n del presidente Obama de nominar a su colega de Oreg\u00f3n, el Dr. Earl Weener, para el puesto vacante republicano en la Junta Nacional de Seguridad en el Transporte (NTSB). El Dr. Weener, residente de Sherwood, Oreg\u00f3n, ha dedicado su carrera a mejorar la seguridad de los aviones y los pilotos y ha contribuido en gran medida al desarrollo de precauciones de seguridad en la industria de las aerol\u00edneas comerciales.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&quot;Me complace que el presidente Obama haya decidido nominar a Earl Weener para la Junta Nacional de Seguridad en el Transporte&quot;, dijo Merkley. \u201cWeener aportar\u00e1 d\u00e9cadas de experiencia en el avance de la seguridad de los aviones y es una gran incorporaci\u00f3n a la junta. Insto a mis colegas de ambos lados del pasillo a que se unan a m\u00ed en la votaci\u00f3n para confirmar a este candidato extremadamente calificado\u201d.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Recientemente, el senador Merkley inst\u00f3 al l\u00edder de la minor\u00eda Mitch McConnell (R-KY) y a la senadora Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) a considerar recomendar al Dr. Weener como candidato para el puesto republicano abierto en la Junta Nacional de Seguridad en el Transporte. Lea la carta aqu\u00ed. <\/p>\n<p>El Dr. Weener, ex ingeniero jefe de Boeing, tiene un doctorado. en ingenier\u00eda aeroespacial y actualmente es miembro de la Flight Safety Foundation. Weener lider\u00f3 iniciativas de la industria para mejorar la seguridad en las pistas, reducir los accidentes y lesiones en tierra, y ha recibido varios premios, incluido el Trofeo Honeywell Bendix por la seguridad de la aviaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>La Junta Nacional de Seguridad en el Transporte (NTSB) es una agencia federal independiente que emite recomendaciones de seguridad destinadas a prevenir accidentes futuros y est\u00e1 a cargo de investigar accidentes de aviaci\u00f3n civil, ferrocarriles, carreteras, mar\u00edtimos y de oleoductos en los Estados Unidos.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC &ndash; Oregon&rsquo;s Senator Jeff Merkley applauded the decision by President Obama to nominate fellow Oregonian Dr. Earl Weener to the open Republican seat on the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).&nbsp;&nbsp; Dr. Weener, a resident of Sherwood, Oregon, has dedicated his career to improving airplane and pilot safety and contributed greatly to the development [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[47],"class_list":["post-6888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-protecting-consumers-taxpayers-and-the-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Merkley Praises Obama&#039;s Nomination of Oregonian Dr. Earl Weener to National Transportation Board - Merkley<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-praises-obamas-nomination-of-oregonian-dr-earl-weener-to-national-transportation-board\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Merkley Praises Obama&#039;s Nomination of Oregonian Dr. Earl Weener to National Transportation Board - Merkley\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Washington, DC &ndash; 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