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Before I became secretary of agriculture, I never thought of getting food regularly thrown at you as one of the downsides of a career in politics. For 18 years, from 1977 to 1995, I represented Kansas’ 4th congressional district in the U.S. House. Losing that last race was a bitter pill to swallow, but in November 1994, I was handed a follow-up act: President Bill Clinton nominated me to become secretary of agriculture. As my son, Jon, once said, my career had a way of “failing upward.” Only a secure…
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