White House drags its feet in hiring railroad cop
This week’s deadly Amtrak crash has stoked an intense debate about the safety of the U.S. railways, but one critical piece is missing from that conversation — a permanent head for the federal government’s top railroad agency.
President Barack Obama has failed to nominate a leader for the Federal Railroad Administration for 127 days and counting, a vacancy that experts say could hamper the federal response to the accident that killed eight people and injured more than 200 others.
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