Library Head Confirmed
United Press International
WASHINGTON —
The Senate on Friday confirmed James Billington as the new librarian of Congress to succeed Daniel J. Boorstin. Billington, 58, is director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.
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