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Published 12/22/2008 by Kerry Trueman, Huffington Post at AlterNet.org: Environment
Weighing the pros and cons of Obama's selection of GMO-lovin', bio-fuelish, feedlot-friendly Tom Vilsack for Secretary of Agriculture.
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