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...Rather than enforce Clinton's last-minute rules, Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman declared the administration will allow local officials to determine the fate of forest land on a case-by-case basis. The changes will go into effect immediately. "Through this action we affirm the department's commitment to the important challenge of protecting roadless values," Veneman told reporters Friday afternoon...
...went beyond condiments, proposing to ax a Clinton Administration regulation that forces the meat industry to perform salmonella tests on hamburger served in school cafeterias. Given the heightened interest in the health of cattle right now, the move wasn't exactly well timed. The uproar forced Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman to drop the proposal the same day it hit the papers. She said a "low level" official had announced the change without consulting his superiors...
...BLUE] Ann Veneman AGRICULTURE SECRETARY A strong consumer advocate, Veneman spent her term as California's agriculture secretary stressing free trade...
...First, though, the sure shots: Colin Powell and Paul O'Neill can start ordering business cards for their respective posts as secretary of state and treasury secretary. Ditto Ann Veneman for Agriculture, Mel Martinez for HUD, and Norm Mineta at Transportation. Donald Rumsfeld, the nominee for defense secretary, probably won't face any real challenge - after all, he's done the job before - and confirmation for Spencer Abraham (Energy), Rod Paige (Education) and Anthony Principi (Veterans Affairs) is likely to be quick and clean...
...Bush's choices have been strategic. He has tapped people from the two most politically-important states: Florida (Housing designate Mel Martinez) and California (Veneman). He has also stretched his arms to embrace the two flanks of his party, represented on the GOP's left by Christine Whitman (who is heading for the the EPA) and on the right by John Ashcroft, who Bush named last week to be his attorney general. Bush had been thinking about Ashcroft for nearly a month, but a senior Bush official told TIME.com on Saturday that the more moderate the Cabinet became last week...