THE AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT. .

The Department of Agriculture is one of the largest parts of the United States Government.  It manages not only the obvious matters related to agriculture, but many programs that impact smaller communities around the country.  Food stamps are also a part of duties of the Secretary of Agriculture.

The Agriculture site on the internet - Department of Agriculture - is a detailed collection of information about all of the Agencies and Services within the Department.  This department is one which has many local patronage offices in the various states as well in Washington, D.C. and Regional Offices..

Executive Appointments include both those which require confirmation by the United States Senate and many which do not.  The best source is on the government internet page - but requires a serious search to find information.  Contacting local Agriculture Department offices is often helpful, as well.

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NOMINATION AND APPOINTMENT PROCESS

     Presidential appointees offer their resignation from office effective at noon January 20th, each Inauguration year, at the latest.  Nominations of appointees are made by the President (Click here) and have a major "vetting" or background check made by the White House and various government agencies, including the FBI before being announced and forwarded to the United States Senate for confirmation hearings.  There is a Senate committee for each subject area in the government.  The Senate Agriculture Committee which holds hearings and votes for or against confirmation is at this address:  Click here.  You can follow the progress of a nomination, including studying the hearings, there is an audio record made accessible from the internet, and voting results are available.

     If a nomination is approved by the hearings committee, you can follow the final confirmation at the United States Senate.

Secretary Confirmed:  The United States Senate has confirmed Edward Shafer, the former Governor of North Dakota, to be the Secretary of Agriculture.  The confirmation occurred without objection.  There has been some delay related to the confirmation because at this point the farm bill is pending and the White House is threatening to veto the bill over a number of tax issues and matters related to who gets farm subsidies.  Having a Secretary on board is obviously important to that process, so the confirmation is very timely. 2-2-08

The "Farm Bill" is a huge piece of legislation that comes in at about $286 billion dollars over a five year basis.  There is always substantial controversy about this bill - much of it related to the enormous subsidies which sometimes go to powerful and wealthy farm interests.  More important, though is the money that filters down into land management issues across the country.

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     John Isaacson, page owner, graduated from Washington University Law School - He was involved in Missouri state politics as campaign manager for Governor and as state Republican Campaign Chairman in 1963-1964. Isaacson was an Air Force Intelligence Officer in Europe during the Berlin Crisis under John Kennedy - President Nixon appointed him to serve on the President's Commission for the Observance of the 25th Anniversary of the United Nations, serving on the Executive Committee and the China Subcommittee which recommended the admission of China to the United Nations. His political experience includes meetings with Presidents Harry Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, and Ford. He enjoyed a long personal friendship with Eleanor Roosevelt and Edna Gellhorn, the founder of The League of Women Voters. Isaacson has traveled extensively throughout Europe and the Near and Far East.  He now lives in western Montana near the Rocky Mountain Continental Divide in Butte Montana, the "Richest Hill on Earth."