Ag secretary expected to run for Senate
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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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(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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President Bush will nominate  Nebraska Gov. Mike Johanns to be the next U.S. agriculture  secretary, farm industry and administration sources said on  Thursday.
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By John Stucke, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Feb. 8--A top federal agriculture official speaking at Spokane Ag Expo and the Pacific Northwest Farm Forum said a proposed 2007 Farm Bill from the U.S. Dept.
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A Senate Judiciary Committee divided along partisan lines advanced Alberto Gonzales' nomination as attorney general to the full Senate Wednesday despite Democratic complaints that he is too close to President Bush to be effective as the nation's top law enforcement official.
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ST. PAUL - A leading state senator said he may push for a ban on a herbicide commonly applied to corn crops across Minnesota, citing research that suggests the chemical causes deformities in frogs and other health hazards.
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(CBS/AP) President Bush will nominate Mike Leavitt, the current head of the Environmental Protection Agency, to be the new secretary of Health and Human Services, one of the last two openings in his Cabinet, government officials said.
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By Laura Griffith, The Telegraph, Alton, Ill.  May 28--Farm bureaus all over the state are looking out for the best interests of area farmers as the business of agriculture continues to change.
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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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US President George W. Bush named Nebraska Governor Mike Johanns as the new secretary of agriculture on Thursday, to succeed Ann M. Veneman, who announced her resignation in mid-November.
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President Bush is moving to name a new secretary of agriculture to oversee the nation's farm and food programs.
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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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The G.O.P.'s weakness creates a chance in the Tennessee senate race for a certain kind of Democrat
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WASHINGTON _ A presidential candidate's macaca moment is coming. Count on it.  When George Allen, a Virginia Republican running for re-election last year to the U.S.
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The U.S. Senate will consider the nomination of Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach to run the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday as supporters try to overcome objections from three Republicans.
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US President George W. Bush announced Thursday that his agriculture secretary had resigned, and urged him to defend a vulnerable Senate seat held by his Republican party come the 2008 elections.
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Lt. Gov. Jim Risch has said he was interested in running for Sen. Larry Craig's seat, if the fellow Republican ever opted not to run again. Now that Craig has been forced to resign, some expect Risch could be appointed to the post.