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Vilsack for Agriculture Secretary
The Obama administration just keeps growing: The president-elect will name Tom Vilsack as his agriculture secretary at a press conference tomorrow. The former Iowa governor, who briefly made a bid for the Democratic nomination, became a high-profile supporter of Hillary Clinton during the primary season but later campaigned hard for Obama. He’s “well-liked by bother environmentalists and food industry leaders and has written opinion articles in recent months about agriculture policy, linking farming to energy independence and national security,” The Washington Post’s 44 blog reports. At tomorrow’s presser, Obama is also expected to name Colorado Senator Ken Salazar as interior secretary.
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"Well liked by both environmentalists and agri-business..." That's a formula for a bio-fuel disaster. Farmers get "pay to plant" while the rest of the planet starves. Those clever lobbyists...
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