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President Makes Recess Appointments

Several positions important to agriculture filled.

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Published: Mar 30, 2010

After months of Republican obstruction to administration nominees, the White House has announced that President Obama intends to recess appoint fifteen nominees to fill critical administration posts that have been left vacant, including key positions on the economic team and on boards that have been left with vacancies for months. In a release the White House said the appointees have waited an Average of 214 Days for Senate Confirmation without action.

The President is quoted as saying, "The United States Senate has the responsibility to approve or disapprove of my nominees. But if, in the interest of scoring political points, Republicans in the Senate refuse to exercise that responsibility, I must act in the interest of the American people and exercise my authority to fill these positions on an interim basis. Senate confirmation is still required."

The Recess Appointments include: Michael Punke: Nominee for Deputy Trade Representative - Geneva, Office of the United States Trade Representative; Islam Siddiqui: Nominee for Chief Agricultural Negotiator, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and Jill Long Thompson: Nominee for Member, Farm Credit Administration Board. Long Thompson is a former Member of the United States House of Representatives and a former Under Secretary for Rural Development at the United States Department of Agriculture.

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