| November 15,
2004: U.S. Ag Secretary Ann Veneman has tendered
her resignation, according to a report in today’s
Chicago Tribune. Veneman gave her letter of resignation
to the President Friday, White House spokesman Scott
McClellan states in the article. Chuck Conner, White
House farm adviser, Democratic Rep. Charles Stenholm
of Texas, who lost his seat in the Nov. 2 elections,
Allen Johnson, the chief U.S. negotiator on agricultural
issues, Bill Hawks, undersecretary for marketing and
regulatory programs and Charles Kruse, president of
the Missouri Farm Bureau Federation are considered among
the front runners to succeed Veneman.
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