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wpautop enabled Two names have emerged in the search for the next director of the Pentagons premier research agency. Problem is, one of them has ties to Solyndra, the controversial solar energy firm that embroiled the White House in a scandal. And this isnt exactly the time for another controversy at the top of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.According to four knowledgeable sources, Arati Prabhakar and Reginald Brothers are among the leading candidates to succeed Regina Dugan as the leader of Darpa. Both are agency veterans with serious geek cred. Either would be a landmark appointment: Prabhakar would be the first Indian-American Darpa director, and Brothers would be the first African-American to hold the job.Brothers,who has...(read more)
... wpautop enabled Two names have emerged in the search for the next director of the Pentagons premier research agency. Problem is, one of them has ties to Solyndra, the controversial solar energy firm that embroiled the White House in a scandal. And th ...
... Obamas Republican challenger, called the Solyndra affair an example of crony capitalism.Even if this wasnt a presidential election year, its not exactly an opportune time for Darpa to have a director who was touched by a scandal. The last one, Regin ...
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