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Bush Picks Johnson to Head EPA

President Bush taps a career civil servant and biologist to become the next head of the Environmental Protection Agency. Stephen Johnson has worked at the EPA for 24 years, most recently as the agency's acting head. He will be the first career EPA official to head the agency.

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Elizabeth Shogren is an NPR News Science Desk correspondent focused on covering environment and energy issues and news.
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