Obama Nominates Pesticide Executive to Be Chief Agricultural Negotiator

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in the Office of the US Trade Representative.

President Obama’s nominee for the Chief Agricultural Negotiator in the office of the US Trade Representative, Islam Siddiqui is currently a vice president at CropLife America, a coalition of the major industrial players in the pesticide industry, including Syngenta, Monsanto, and Dow Chemical. He was previously a lobbyist for CropLife and also served in the US Department of Agriculture under President Clinton and the California Department of Food and Agriculture. A coalition of over eighty environmental, family farm and consumer advocacy organizations have sent a letter to the Senate Finance Committee urging them to reject his nomination.

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/11/17/obama_nominates_pesticide_executive_to_be

Of course, Mr. Siddiqui appear on Obama's donor list.

[Orrex]

1. Maybe they're bringing him in to work the bugs out of the system?

Um...

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2. How Bush/Cheney-esque.

[branders seine]

3. I bet he'll do the right thing.

[tazkcmo]

4. Did you forget your sarcasm tag?

If not, I'll take that bet!

[branders seine]

9. sarcasm dripping from every letter of every word...

[noamnety]

5. pun intended? nt

[SpiralHawk]

6. Ptooey

[RufusTFirefly]

7. Naysayers just don't get it

Our President is brilliant, I tell you. Brilliant!

[Nikki Stone1]

8. Christ-al-fucking-mighty!

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