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Position:
Secretary - Agriculture
The secretary is responsible for gathering and disseminating information about agriculture, rural development, aquaculture, and human nutrition as well as for improving the quality of life for those outside of metropolitan areas including improving the rural water supply and waste problems.
Type of Appointment/Position: Presidential with Senate confirmation
Nominee's Background:
Was President of the United States. Founder of Habitat for Humanity. Peanut farmer.
Nominating Speech:
I am 51 years old. As I look back over the years of my life, certain individuals stand out as trustworthy and having the capacity to understand and engender constructive dialogue with those of other nations. Jimmy Carter is such a person. I nominate him for the position of US Ambassador.
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Progressive Criteria:
The Department of Agriculture will: Support sustainable agriculture;
Work to ensure the American people a safe, varied and plentiful food supply;
Put public health and environmental safety above corporate, political or regional interests;
Support family farming and encourage healthy economic development of rural communities;
Work to protect the Commons: public lands, air and water, biodiversity, unpatented seed stock;
Promote humane farming;
Work to avoid hurting poor farmers in poor countries with unfair competition from subsidized US crops.
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Comments so far:
July 21, 2006
Judith Stevens -
Jimmy Carter is not who he says he is.
August 23, 2005
Anonymous -
Jimmy Carter was ill-prepared to be President, but he learned a lot -- and has since emerged as a shining example of the best America has to offer. If we are going to be represented to the rest of the world, let this man do it!
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Letter to the editor for August 1, 2010
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