The Nation - News from Feb. 8, 1989
President Bush’s nomination of Clayton K. Yeutter as secretary of agriculture sailed through the Senate Agriculture Committee and the chairman predicted quick floor action. Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.), chairman of the panel, said a floor vote to confirm Yeutter to the post could come as early as today. Approval of the former U.S. trade representative to head the Agriculture Department came on a voice vote at a three-minute meeting. Yeutter is a former USDA official who once operated a Nebraska cattle feedlot and was president of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
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