Seven weeks of waiting for a slam-dunk USDA Ag nominee

Former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue is meeting an “unprecedented” number of senators while waiting for the administration to send to the Senate his nomination for agriculture secretary, says a transition official, who is hopeful the process will begin moving “in the next couple of days.” Perdue’s selection was announced on the day before President Trump’s… » Read More

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