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| President Obama Names Transgender Appointee to Commerce Department | |
| 2010-01-05 | |
| President Obama recently named Amanda Simpson to be a Senior Technical Advisor to the Commerce Department. In a statement, Simpson, a member of the National Center for Transgender Equality's board of directors, said that "as one of the first transgender presidential appointees to the federal government, I hope that I will soon be one of hundreds, and that this appointment opens future opportunities for many others."
The White House had no comment on her appointment. A 2004 YWCA "Woman on the Move," Simpson recently served as Deputy Director in Advanced Technology Development at Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, Arizona. At Raytheon, Simpson -- a former test pilot who had worked for the company for more than a generation -- transitioned from male to female and was instrumental in convincing the military contractor to add gender identity and expression to its equal employment opportunity policy. She later ran unsuccessfully for Congress and was a delegate for then-Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, to the Democratic National Convention in 2008. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 oh a he! everyone is just being PC by saying she. To me, it's still a he. |
| Posted by: Clyde Jeger2762 2010-01-05 21:50 |
| #9 She or he originally? |
| Posted by: Clyde Jeger2762 2010-01-05 21:47 |
| #8 Trying to shore up the gay vote. Hopefully the appointee has paid up all of her taxes. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2010-01-05 17:10 |
| #7 Amanda, Simpson, trans-whatever. 1:05PM EST and not one Amanda Hugginkiss joke. |
| Posted by: ed 2010-01-05 13:05 |
| #6 If she is qualified, law-abiding, and honest, I'm really not interested in such details. Unfortunately, "qualified, law abiding and honest" is the exact opposite of an Obama appointee. |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2010-01-05 13:02 |
| #5 Rumor has it the O-Team really wants to name an Eskimo for some position but seeing as how Sarah Palin is from Alaska the complete diversity rainbow is just gonna have to wait. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2010-01-05 11:35 |
| #4 #3 I don't care what the hell she is as long as she is competent. However, competence is a rare commodity in Washington these days. Unfortunately. such appointments seem to be more about making a social statement than getting the job done. It's almost as if some diversity czar in human resources is looking at a Chinese menu and selecting two from column one, one from column two, etc. in making these appointments. Posted by: JohnQC 2010-01-05 10:37 JohnQC, unfortunately this administration is nothing more than a high school Social Studies term paper; and a poor one at that. |
| Posted by: WolfDog 2010-01-05 11:23 |
| #3 I don't care what the hell she is as long as she is competent. However, competence is a rare commodity in Washington these days. Unfortunately. such appointments seem to be more about making a social statement than getting the job done. It's almost as if some diverty czar in human resources is looking at a Chinese menu and selecting two from column one, one from column two, etc. in making these appointments. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-01-05 10:37 |
| #2 I guess the person from Mars turned down the offer. |
| Posted by: HammerHead 2010-01-05 10:17 |
| #1 Pretty cool - I hope she does a good job. Then again, the big 0 likes her, so she's probably worthless. |
| Posted by: Bisa 2010-01-05 01:46 |