ISSUE 1045 BUSH NOMINATES ZOELLICK FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE President Bush announced Friday (January 7) his choice of U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick to become Secretary of State nominee Condoleeza Rice's Deputy Secretary of State. Among those mentioned as possible successors to Zoellick's Cabinet post are Grant Aldonas, undersecretary for trade at the Commerce Department; U.S. Deputy Trade Representative Josette Shiner; Al Johnson, chief agriculture trade negotiator at the trade office; Robert M. Kimmitt, a former colleague of Zoellick's at the State and Treasury Departments and a former ambassador to Germany; and Rep. Jim Kolbe, R-Ariz. While he held the Trade Representative post, Florida producers urged Zoellick to support more robust U.S. trade laws for responding to import surges and maintaining current anti-dumping laws.
ALSO IN THIS WEEK'S RAP-UP BUSH NOMINATES ZOELLICK FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE USDA CROP COVERAGE DEADLINE APPROACHING TOMATO COMMITTEE REJECTS UGLYRIPE FLORIDA AGENCY FOR WORKFORCE INNOVATION TO CONDUCT WAGE SURVEY FLORIDA AGRI-WOMEN SCHEDULES LEGISTLATIVE WEEKEND SPECIAL OFFER FOR FFVA MEMBERS TOMATO COMMITTEE PLANNING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES SEEKING FRESH PRODUCE SUPPLIERS
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