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Capitol Hill
13 January 2009

President-elect Barack Obama's nominee for energy secretary, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Chu, said if confirmed he will pursue policies to address climate change and reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil.

Senator Lisa Murkowski is a Republican from Alaska.
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