{"id":53327,"date":"2025-07-10T05:40:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T05:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/53327\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T05:40:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T05:40:10","slug":"secretary-of-transportation-duffy-named-acting-nasa-administrator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/53327\/","title":{"rendered":"Secretary of Transportation Duffy named acting NASA administrator"},"content":{"rendered":"

TOKYO \u2014 In an unprecedented move, President Donald Trump announced late July 9 that he has named Sean Duffy, the secretary of transportation, to take over as acting NASA administrator.<\/p>\n

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