The Dept. of Justice in late January has also asked the FCC to delay the clock on the application filed by Sprint.

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That will more likely be achieved by the confirmation without further delay of Jim Glassman than by allowing the clock to run out on the remaining months of the Bush Administration without strong leadership in the key State Department post.

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