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The search for an Agriculture Secretary has turned its attention to Susan Combs. She?s a former Commissioner of Agriculture and state comptroller of Texas. Combs met with Vice President-elect Mike Pence on Tuesday, which may have been due to the endorsement of House Ag Committee Chairman Mike Conaway of Texas.
He told Politico?s Morning Agriculture report that he?s ?been working to put her name into consideration? with President-elect Trump?s transition management team. The team didn?t comment publicly, but Combs is the first publicly acknowledged candidate for Ag Secretary to meet with Pence or Trump since North Dakota Democratic Senator Heidi Heitkamp on December 2.
