The Caucus Blog: Agriculture Secretary to Announce for Hagel Seat
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The Senate seat being vacated in Nebraska by Chuck Hagel lures a former governor from his Cabinet post.
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The Senate confirmed millionaire  businessman Ed Schafer as U.S. agriculture secretary on Monday  amid White House threats to veto a $286 billion farm policy  bill.
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President Bush nominated Mike Johanns to serve as agriculture secretary. A transcript of the announcement follows. I am pleased to announce my nomination of Governor Mike Johanns to be the secretary of agriculture.
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Bush Chooses Nebraska Gov. Mike Johanns As New Secretary of Agriculture to Succeed Ann M. Veneman. Nebraska Gov. Mike Johanns, left, speaks after President Bush announced that Johanns was his nominee for Secretary of Agriculture, Thursday, Dec.
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Leading Republican senator and Iraq war critic Chuck Hagel, who was considered a potential contender in the race for the presidency, announced plans to retire from politics Monday.
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President George W. Bush nominated Nebraska Gov. Mike Johanns on Thursday to be agriculture secretary, choosing a dairy farmer&#39;s son who has traveled widely to promote US farm sales abroad.
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Ron Kind, a Democratic representative from Wisconsin dairyland, is making a name for himself as a crusader for big changes in farm policy.
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Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns  will defend an administration plan to reopen the border to  Canadian cattle at a Senate hearing on Thursday, where he will  face questions about whether the action will expose the U.S.  beef industry to more cases of mad cow disease.
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By Chicago Tribune  Jun. 22--Former Agriculture Secretary John R. Block once said U.S.
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Description: President Bush nominates Carlos Gutierrez as Commerce secretary. The CEO and chairman of Kellogg&#39;s is considered one of the country&#39;s most prominent Hispanic executives.
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Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, a  harsh critic of the Iraq war, plans to retire and will not seek  the Republican presidential nomination next year, a leading  Nebraska newspaper reported on Saturday.
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Nebraska Gov. Mike Johanns, an Osage native, said his nomination to the post of secretary of agriculture is a call to serve. &quot;I feel very strongly that you answer the call
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President Bush nominated Nebraska Gov. Mike Johanns on Thursday to be Secretary of Agriculture, choosing a conservative Republican from far beyond Washington to fill a post presiding over key heartland concerns.
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Don't expect to hear much talk about farming from the presidential candidates who regularly tour Iowa, one of the nation's premier agriculture states.
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U.S. Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, a harsh critic of the Iraq war, plans to retire and will not seek the Republican presidential nomination next year, a source said on Saturday.
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President Bush Thursday chose two people to join his Cabinet, nominating Nebraska&#39;s governor to head the Department of Agriculture and a former New York City police commissioner for the Homeland Security post.
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French Agriculture Minister Herve Gaymard is to succeed Nicolas Sarkozy as finance minister, a government official said Monday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, also said Budget Minister