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Topic "Vilsack" was discussed 967 times on 313 sites in last 3 months
Started 2 weeks, 5 days ago (2009-11-12 13:50:00)
by Sam2
. $50M pork buy Vilsack announces federal purchase while at Triumph Note: Of the 7 comments, there is a post from an apparent illegal alien, which is the only post to receive support. fwiw... by Ahmad Safi Thursday, November 12, 2009 The U.S. government will buy $50 million worth of pork for federal food programs that will help struggling hog producers, ...
Started 6 days, 1 hour ago (2009-11-26 02:39:00)
by Ichingcarpenter
The former Republican presidential candidate said he will block the confirmation of USDA nominees until the U.S. Forest Service allows an Arizona ski resort to make artificial snow with treated wastewater McCain and Grand Canyon State colleague Jon Kyl (R) first wrote to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in June asking why the Forest Service had not approved the ...
Started 20 hours, 31 minutes ago (2009-12-01 07:52:00)
by HopeOverFear
Tuesday Dec. 1, 2009 All Times Eastern 8:00 AM 9:00 AM Obama and Biden receive the economic daily briefing. 10:00 AM 11:00 AM 11:15 AM Biden meets with Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke, followed by a meeting with Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. 12:00 PM 1:00 PM 1:05 PM Obama meets with Nobel Laureates and their families. 2:00 PM 2:25 PM Obama meets with senior ...
Started 4 days, 11 hours ago (2009-11-27 16:39:00)
by Tim
Denny says: Quote: Yes, but he made one small exception early in his administration Here's a few other "exceptions:" * Eric Holder, attorney general nominee, was registered to lobby until 2004 on behalf of clients including Global Crossing, a bankrupt telecommunications firm [now confirmed]. * Tom Vilsack, secretary of agriculture ...
Started 1 week ago (2009-11-24 20:09:00)
by blknight96l
REPAIRING THE SAFETY NET: Charities alone cannot address the demand, meaning the government must step in to assist. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has already done much to help needy families, keeping six million people out of poverty and helping local food banks with direct contributions. Millions of children and their...
Started 1 week ago (2009-11-24 20:09:00)
by blknight96l
REPAIRING THE SAFETY NET: Charities alone cannot address the demand, meaning the government must step in to assist. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has already done much to help needy families, keeping six million people out of poverty and helping local food banks with direct contributions. Millions of children and their families are also fed through programs like the Child...
Started 12 hours, 42 minutes ago (2009-12-01 15:41:00)
by Mako
Guys, I think it will be a train wreck if corn farmers are able to get the EPA to mandate an increase in ethanol from 10% to 15% in our gasoline. Corn farmers and ethanol producers of course are really driving for this to become real, for obvious reasons. Corn prices have gone through the roof in the last couple of years and you and I are paying for it. The reasons for this are several, but no ...
Started 3 days, 19 hours ago (2009-11-28 08:30:00)
by FlaBucco
WASHINGTON (AP)?An e-mail requesting an internship arrived at the Agriculture Department this summer with an impressive resume: Princeton University degree in operations research and financial engineering, 3.8 college GPA, 1520 SATs. Ross Ohlendorf didn?t mention his 95 mph sinking fastball, but it probably wouldn?t have hurt his chances. Department officials were impressed that the Pittsburgh...
Started 5 days, 5 hours ago (2009-11-26 22:39:00)
by putnid
"...the Obama Administration has the lowest percentage of cabinet appointments with private sector experience, at least since before Roosevelt (Teddy, that is). The current admin about 7% range..." - DB2 Yer hittin' a new low, DB2. You're getting your information from some nutter blog nowadays? Really!?! Let's do a quick recap: Obama Cabinet: State - Hillary: private law practice ...
Started 1 week ago (2009-11-24 21:38:00)
by mellomalo
Special Briefing on Secretary Clinton's Recent Trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan , Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Washington, DC November 23, 2009 MR. CROWLEY: Good afternoon and welcome to the Department of State. Last week, Secretary Clinton, on the tail end of her trip to Asia, was in Kabul ...
Started 1 week ago (2009-11-25 00:00:00)
by xntryk1
( Posted on November 25, 2009 Don't Be Scared of Food: Are We Being Needlessly Hysterical About Food Safety? By David E. Gumpert, Chelsea Green Publishing There have been all kinds of scary headlines and stories about food safety problems. The most recent was a front-page story in the New York Times a few weeks ago about a young dance instructor who wound up paralyzed from the waist ...
