At the start of the Senate's Easter recess, President Obama made fifteen recess appointments to various Executive Branch offices. One recess appointment was for the U.S.'s chief agricultural trade negotiator.
Click here to see the full list of recess appointments provided by CBS News. The new agricultural trade negotiator is Islam A. Siddiqui. Before being appointed to the position of the Chief Agricultural Trade Negotiator for the U.S., Mr. Siddiqui was the vice-president for Science and Regulatory Affairs at CropLife America, a organization that lobbies on behalf of biotechnology and pesticide companies. As the VP for Science and Regulatory Affairs, Mr. Siddiqui was responsible for international trade issues involving crop protection chemicals. Prior to that, he had served as VP of biotechnology and trade for CropLife and in different political appointments in the Clinton administration.
Click here, for an article by the Economic Times.
Click here for an article by the Huffington Post.
Post: 03/30/10
