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The first assembled panel at the joint DOJ and USDA workshops on competition in agriculture is predominantly comprised of elected officials. As such, it should likely come as little surprise that those providing remarks are keeping their personal opinions to themselves, and are instead focusing on the importance of the workshop series.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who campaigned in Iowa on behalf of Barack Obama, says he has returned to the state “for another learning opportunity.”
“The people of this state have taught me that no matter how improbable the task, I learned that it can always get underway with a start in Iowa,” he said.
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“We are here today to make sure that the voices of everyday people are heard loud and clear and send a simple but powerful message to our government regulators and elected officials,” said Barb Kalbach, a fourth generation family farmer from Dexter and board member for Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement.

An employee in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa received a national award from the U.S. Department of Justice in recognition of her continued service to the office and exceptional accomplishments in the wake of the June 2008 floods.

The decision this week by the U.S. Justice Department not to prosecute people using, prescribing or distributing marijuana in states where it is legal is a step towards legitimizing drug use, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley said.

President-elect Barack Obama’s selection of Eric Holder to serve as U.S. attorney general could “be much more controversial than a new administration ought to try and put forth,” Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, said today.