Ex-Iowan chosen as agriculture secretary
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Washington, DC - After the hard work that came with growing up on an Iowa dairy farm, &quot;everything in life has seemed easy,&quot; Nebraska Gov.
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The former Senator says his showing in Iowa is proof he is the real change candidate, but he may have trouble taking that mantle from Obama
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President Bush has nominated Kellogg CEO Carlos Gutierrez as the new commerce secretary. (AP Graphics). Nov. 29, 2004 -- From selling Frosted Flakes to small stores in Mexico City to a nomination as secretary
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Bloomberg - Jan. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee was declared the winner of the Iowa's first-in-the- nation Republican presidential nominating caucus.
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Iowa Congressional leaders said they look forward to working with Mike Johanns, currently Nebraska&#39;s governor, who is President Bush&#39;s nominee for agriculture secretary.
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The Senate confirmed Edward Schafer as Secretary of Agriculture with no objections on Monday even though Congress and the administration have differing views over a pending five-year farm bill.
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Environmental Protection Agency head Michael Leavitt, left, gestures after President Bush announced Leavitt as his nominee for secretary of Health and Human Services Monday, Dec. 13, 2004, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House.
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Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday, positioning himself as a Washington outsider with heartland appeal.
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President Bush has nominated EPA Administrator Mike Leavitt to replace Tommy Thompson as Health and Human Services secretary. Before joining the Environmental Protection Agency, Leavitt, 53, was governor of
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YANKTON, SD - The selection of Nebraska Gov. Mike Johanns as the next US Secretary of Agriculture will be a boon to South Dakota, the head of the state&#39;s agriculture department said Thursday.
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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns will resign his Cabinet post to run for the U.S. Senate in Nebraska, a state Republican official said Wednesday.
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President Bush yesterday nominated Edward T. Schafer, who served two terms as governor of North Dakota, to head the Department of Agriculture, an agency with a broad mandate including administration of the federal food stamp program, aiding economic development in rural America and enhancing food...
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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns is expected to resign Thursday to clear the way for a Senate campaign in 2008, giving Republicans a welcome dose of good political news.
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WASHINGTON President George W. Bush chose the chief of the Environmental Protection Agency, Michael Leavitt, on Monday to be secretary of health and human services, filling one of the last two openings in his second-term cabinet.
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When freshman Ohio Democrat Zack Space replaced veteran Republican Rep. Robert W. Ney after the 2006 elections, groups lobbying for a major revamping of farm subsidy programs were elated.
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US President George W. Bush named Nebraska Governor Mike Johanns as the new secretary of agriculture on Thursday, to succeed Ann M. Veneman, who announced her resignation in mid-November.
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President Bush turned straight to the Corn Belt for his new agriculture secretary on Thursday, with the nomination of Nebraska Gov.