Senate confirms agriculture secretary
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The Senate confirmed Edward Schafer as agriculture secretary 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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(WHITE HOUSE) - President Bush said his nominee for Secretary of Agriculture is &quot;a faithful friend to America&#39;s farmers.&quot;.
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How political can it be for Congress to help farmers and ranchers suffering from a drought? Judge by the television viewing habits of Sen. George Allen of Virginia, who heads the Senate's Republican campaign operation.
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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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Sam Bodman, President Bush's pick to be the next U.S. energy secretary, was approved on Wednesday by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
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The U.S. Senate early on Saturday confirmed Jill E. Sommers, a Kansas Republican, to be a commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
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Air Force Secretary James Roche resigned Tuesday and the Senate confirmed defense industry executive Francis J. Harvey as secretary of the Army, the service's top civilian post. The roll call vote on Harvey was 85 to 12.
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The Senate has confirmed Carl J. Artman as head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, filling a post that has been vacant for two years.
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The U.S. Senate confirmed  Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state on Wednesday, sweeping  aside objections from some Democrats that she should be held  accountable for mistakes of the Iraq war.
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The U.S. Senate unanimously confirms Republican Kevin Martin for five more years at the agency's helm.
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President Bush will announce his  nominee to replace Ann Veneman as secretary of agriculture on  Thursday.
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The Senate on Monday confirmed Carlos Gutierrez as the new commerce secretary, a position in which he will lead the Bush administration's efforts to revive the country's beleaguered manufacturing sector.
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Condoleezza Rice was confirmed as  secretary of state on Wednesday as a large majority of senators  swept aside objections from some Democrats that she be held  accountable for mistakes in the Iraq war.
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OMAHA, Sept. 19 -- 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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President Bush today named Nebraska Governor Mike Johanns as the 28th US Secretary of Agriculture. Johanns was midway through his second term as Governor when the announcement was made.
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Demand for ethanol for cars will attract enough support to lead to passage of a major farm bill next year, despite disagreement on subsidy payments for farmers, a key Democrat and the Republican agriculture secretary agreed Tuesday.
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The Senate approved a $32 billion homeland security funding bill Monday after days of political breakdown over a proposed federal milk subsidies extension.