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DALLAS-During a recent visit "home" former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk shared his thoughts on a number of issues and provided insight into his role as the U.S. Trade Representative in the Obama Administration. When first approached by President-elect Barack Obama about being in the Obama Administration, Kirk said he expressed his desire to be in an area where he could grow. On March 20, the pride of Austin, Texas was overwhelmingly confirmed by the U.S. Senate, and as his wife, Matrice, his two daughters and his mother stood nearby and a host of friends and supporters watched, he was formally sworn in by Vice President Joe Biden. A vocal supporter of the Norm American Free Trade Agreement, this UT Law School Graduate says he learned a lot serving as secretary of state in 1994 and he realizes ...
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WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama has completed selections for his Cabinet and will nominate Rep. Hilda L. Solis, D- Calif., as labor secretary and former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk as U.S. trade representative, transition aides said. The selections were expected to be announced Friday at Obama's final news conference before he goes to Hawaii for a Christmas break. Obama is also expected to formally announce his selection of Rep. Ray LaHood, R-Ill., for transportation secretary.
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WASHINGTON - The South may have inched toward Democrats in November, but that progress isn't showing in President-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet selections. Obama hasn't nominated a single Southerner among his 15 Cabinet secretaries. So far, Obama's only pick from the region is a borderline Southerner in a relatively low-profile position: former Dallas mayor Ron Kirk for U.S. trade representative.
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President-elect Barack Obama, who pledged during his campaign to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico, is poised to nominate a NAFTA backer as U.S. trade representative. Former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk, an ardent NAFTA supporter, strongly endorsed a proposal in 2001 to build a "NAFTA freeway" between the United States and Mexico to increase trade between the two countries.
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WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama was to announce the final selections for his Cabinet today, naming Rep. Hilda Solis, D- Calif., as labor secretary and former Dallas mayor Ron Kirk as U.S. trade representative. The two were to be in Chicago to be formally announced, along with Rep. Ray LaHood, R-Ill., Obama's choice for transportation secretary. With his selection of Solis, a liberal member of Congress, the president-elect appears to be moving toward his goal of promoting "green-collar jobs" - those that help promote more energy efficiency, through projects such as retrofitting, something Solis has prioritized during her tenure in Congress.
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[Barack Obama]'s campaign promise was explicit: "NAFTA's shortcomings were evident when signed and we must now amend the agreement to fix them." The president-elect called for enforceable labor and environmental standards in the text, an end to the ability of corporations to sue governments, and emphasizing the needs of "Main Street" over "Wall Street. Some Obama-watchers claim he's waffling on his trade commitments. Although these contentions in the pro-free-trade press are mostly wishful thinking, experts and activists are following the appointments closely. So far it has been a mixed message. The initial nomination of Bill Richardson, point-person for the passage of NAFTA under the Clinton administration, didn't sit well with fair-trade groups and elicited a sigh of relief among fre...
...And when Ron Kirk, a former mayor of Dallas who proclaimed his city ...
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It turns out President Barack Obama has "screwed up" again. Former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk, nominated by Mr. Obama to serve as U.S. trade representative, is not up to date on his taxes. He will have to pay close to $10,000 to resolve tax issues for the years 2005, 2006 and 2007.
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Ron Kirk, the former mayor of Dallas, wiU step into a position as U.S. trade representative with a portfolio chockful of issues, including the general global economic coUapse. [Barack Obama]'s basic indecisiveness about free trade and other matters related to South Korea and Panama only exacerbates Kirk's schedule. Lisa P. Jackson, former chief of staff to New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine and former head of the state's environmental protection agency, has been chosen as administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. If confirmed by the Senate, Jackson will be the first Black to serve in that capacity. Among the tasks she faces is reversing the Bush administration's policies on the environment, especially the pollutants from power plants. Finally, there is Adolfo Carrion, who...
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When the international trade portion of your resume is as thin as Ron Kirk's - you do remember that Kirk, the former mayor of Dallas, is now U.S. trade representative, don't you - it's likely you'd stress personal ideals over professional accomplishments when talking about your new job. Kirk did just that in a May 22 speech to the U.S. Meat Export Federation.
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Jan Hart Black, president of the Dallas Regional Chamber, told the Associated Press that as mayor [Ron Kirk] has been a "superb trade emissary to the world" for the [Dallas] region and "a gifted negotiator who focused on trade with Canada and Mexico. John Murphy, vice president for international affairs at the US Chamber of Commerce, said that Kirk has "a strong record" of working with the business community. His duty," he wrote, "is to help with what he called the "unfinished business of America," namely "investing in our infrastructure and our workers, universal healthcare, comprehensive immigration reform, and scrubbing a tax code that's out of shape and behind the times." Frank Vargo, vice president for international economic affairs at the National Association of Manufacturers, s...
