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<title>Grassley: Open seats won&#39;t stop work</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=207149998</link>
<pubDate>8 Jan 2009 18:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  and his Democratic challenger Al Franken. Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich did name a replacement to  ...  to fill President-elect Barack Obama&#39;s seat. The governor&#39;s legal troubles, though, make Roland Burris&#39; appointment  ...
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<title>Nelson says Vilsack should win confirmation</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=207149762</link>
<pubDate>8 Jan 2009 18:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Ben Nelson says he expects former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack to win confirmation as the next head  ...  with Vilsack on Thursday before the former governor&#39;s confirmation hearing next week. Nelson said he  ...
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<title>Team of failures</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=207101798</link>
<pubDate>8 Jan 2009 13:56 GMT</pubDate>
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...  commandant Gen. James Jones. Homeland security  Gov. Janet Napolitano. Supports amnesty for illegal aliens.And  ...  scheme surfaced in New Mexico and the governor was forced to step aside. F. Transportation  ...  years as an EPA. B. Agriculture  Tom Vilsack. Dont look for any farm subsidy reform.  ...
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<title>Agriculture&#39;s next big challenge</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=207047072</link>
<pubDate>8 Jan 2009 07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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...  McGovern and Marshall Matz January 4, 2009 President-elect Barack Obama has chosen Iowa&#39;s former Gov. Tom Vilsack to be his secretary of agriculture. Vilsack was an excellent choice, but some have  ...
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<title>Leahy Raises MILC, Organic, Rural Broadband Issues In Meeting With USDA Nominee Vilsack</title>
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<pubDate>8 Jan 2009 05:23 GMT</pubDate>
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...  front and center to Vermont&#39;s farmers and rural communities in a meeting with Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack (D), President-elect Obama&#39;s nominee to head the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Vilsack visited Leahy  ...
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<title>Confirmation Hearing for Vilsack Set for Next Week</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=207024129</link>
<pubDate>8 Jan 2009 05:22 GMT</pubDate>
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...  for Next Week The Senate Agriculture Committee has set its confirmation hearing for former Gov. Tom Vilsack for Jan. 14, 2009. President-elect Barack Obama announced his choice of Vilsack to fill  ...
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<title>Culver to release budget plan later than usual</title>
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<pubDate>8 Jan 2009 00:19 GMT</pubDate>
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... Gov. Chet Culvers budget recommendations wont be released  ...  end of January, a spokesman for the governor confirmed this afternoon. Governors typically outline their  ...  governors, including Republican Terry Branstad and Democrat Tom Vilsack have presented their budgets after their Condition  ...
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<title>Confirmation Hearings Update</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=206967863</link>
<pubDate>7 Jan 2009 21:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Lisa Jackson (E.P.A.) before the Environment and Public Works Committee. On Wednesday, former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack appears before the Agriculture Committee; the Veterans Affairs Committee will consider Eric Shinseki to  ...
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<title>A Christmas Present&#39;No Story Eats the News</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=206938452</link>
<pubDate>7 Jan 2009 18:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  and a mess: the arrest of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich for trying to sell a  ...  general). Few howled over former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack for agriculture, Republican Representative Ray LaHood for  ...
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<title>Excerpts From Recent Editorials</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=206934591</link>
<pubDate>7 Jan 2009 18:17 GMT</pubDate>
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...  on the need for agriculture secretary nominee Tom Vilsack to address America&#39;s problems of obesity and  ...  Myers, Fla., on politics and corruption: Democratic Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico, who ...  ...
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<title>Guest column: Boosting the middle class must include rural America</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=206861245</link>
<pubDate>7 Jan 2009 10:55 GMT</pubDate>
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...  whose department traditionally has overseen rural economic-development programs. (A few days before, former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack had been nominated as agriculture secretary.) The new administration should be careful not to  ...
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<title>Labor leaders see chance for rebirth</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=206830499</link>
<pubDate>7 Jan 2009 06:52 GMT</pubDate>
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...  State, Hilda L. Solis at Labor and Tom Vilsack at Agriculture -- as longtime allies who  ...  &quot;We have a new administration. We have governors all across the country who are looking  ...
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<title>Commercial Appeal: Changing of presidential guard to ripple Mid-South</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=206819174</link>
<pubDate>7 Jan 2009 05:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  see how those new tests and restrictions affect producers. Obama&#39;s nomination of former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack pleased critics of farm subsidies including the Washington-based Environmental Working Group. The Cotton Council  ...
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<title>Union Trib: A Peculiar Choice (Vilsack)</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=206819171</link>
<pubDate>7 Jan 2009 05:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  for proponents of a rational farm policy: President-elect Barack Obama has chosen former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack to be his agriculture secretary. Iowa has reaped the biggest chunk of the $25  ...
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<title>Where Will the Smart Money go in 2009?</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=206818896</link>
<pubDate>7 Jan 2009 05:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  ethanol plants, so it hasn&amp;rsquo;t been as strong as soybeans. The new agricultural secretary, Governor Tom Vilsack has been a staunch supporter of ethanol mandates that require ethanol to be blended  ...
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