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NOAA chief says she will leave in February

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration chief Jane Lubchenco will leave her post at the end of February 2013.

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The woman who led the federal government's response to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 said Wednesday she will leave her post at the end of February. "I have decided to return to my family and academia," Jane Lubchenco, administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, wrote to NOAA employees.