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Mississippian Nominated For USDA Post

Nov 21, 2006 6:29 PM

Mark Keenum, chief of staff to Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS), has been nominated to be USDA Under Secretary of Ag for Farm and Foreign Ag Services. Keenum , who has been involved in a number of previous farm bills, is a former Mississippi State University assistant professor of economics.
-- P. Scott Shearer, Washington, D.C Correspondent