Deborah Tate

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Deborah Taylor Tate is one of five current United States FCC Commissioners. She was nominated by President George W. Bush on 2005-11-09, for the remainder of the term expiring 2007-06-30. She was unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate on 2005-12-21, and sworn in as FCC Commissioner on 2006-01-03. She has spoken out in favor of Digital Rights Management and suggested TV may be a contributing factor in childhood obesityhttp://www.lasarletter.net/drupal/node/118.

In April 2007, the Center for Public Integrity reported that Tate, a Nashville native, received talking points on how to best oppose the pending merger between satellite radio firms XM and Sirius from a representative of Clear Channel, a terrestrial radio company opposing the deal[1].

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  1. ^ McGarry, Brendan; Welsh, Ben. "Clear Channel gives Tate Talking Points Against XM-Sirius merger", Center for Public Integrity, April 14, 2007. (English) 

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