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Bush Picks Ex-Governor to Head the Farm Team

Schafer could overhaul way Agricultural Department does business

By Wesley Oliver, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 31, 2007 9:25 PM CDT

(Newser) – Edward Schafer has extolled the virtues of smaller government, but he is President Bush’s nominee to head the mammoth Agriculture Department, which employs more than 100,000 people and spends $90 billion a year. If approved by the Senate, the former North Dakota governor... Read full story »

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Bush Picks Ex-Governor to Head the Farm Team

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