Obama transition
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The recent rumors that rancher Ken Salazar is a shoe-in at Interior have flipped on its head many of Obama’s most fervent western supporters’ idea of what the President-elect’s campaign promise for big-‘C’ “Change” might mean. That campaign slogan’s broad-sweeping allegation had many hopeful that a new outlook, an outlook responsive to Obama’s supporters on…
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Next on Obama’s Dance Card, Mother Nature Here is the latest speculation on USFA, DOE, DOI, and EPA. By Al Kamen. Washington Post. Thompson does have a 92% rating by the League of Conservation Voters. I found this on Thompson. It is from his campaign, so what he thinks would help him get reelected. Mike…
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USDA has important wildlife, forestry, land and food safety jurisdiction- Most of our concern has been about the secretary of Interior, but the Secretary of Agriculture is equally important and almost always goes to some minion of industrial ag. So far the names floated by Obama don’t look good. Originally Obama was considering the industrial…