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Nominee for National Archivist Wins Backing of Key Senate Committee

By MICHELLE DIAMENT

Washington

Allen Weinstein moved one step closer to becoming the next national archivist on Monday night, when the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs approved his nomination and forwarded it to the full Senate.

The nomination, which raised some eyebrows when it was announced...

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