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Submitted: December 7, 2008 - 6:29pm
Originally published: December 7, 2008
Last updated: December 7, 2008 - 6:30pm
Originally published: December 7, 2008
Last updated: December 7, 2008 - 6:30pm
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Department of Agriculture
On November 5, Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer announced the resignation, effective December 1, 2008, of Agriculture Under Secretary for Rural Development Thomas C. Dorr who joined USDA in 2001. Dorr led USDA's rural broadband program launch (authorized initially in 2002) which is aimed at ensuring universal access to affordable broadband even in low-density rural areas
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