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Acting Commerce secretary to step down in July

The acting Commerce secretary, Rebecca Blank, will leave her post in July to become chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Blank became acting secretary in June, after former secretary John Bryson suffered a seizure and stepped down. Obama has not yet nominated anyone to replace Bryson permanently.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/commerce-chief-blank-to-lead-u-wisconsin/2013/03/18/ccec0f2a-8ff3-11e2-9cfd-36d6c9b5d7ad_story.html

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