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Trump Designates FCC Veteran Brendan Carr as Chair of Agency
- Senior Republican on panel seeks to rein in tech, backs Musk
- Carr wrote a chapter of Project 2025 on the FCC’s priorities
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President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Brendan Carr, the senior Republican on the Federal Communications Commission, as its chair, he said in a statement.
Carr has served at the agency since 2012, including as an adviser to a later chair, Ajit Pai, and has worked as its general counsel. Trump during his first presidency nominated Carr to serve as a commissioner in 2017.