Hello everybody out there in farm country. This radio commentary is brought to you by the Renewable Fuels Association, Wal-Mart Stores, Monsanto, and John Deere. They are all friends, supporters, and allies of a healthy farm economy and prosperous rural America. Thank you.

Last week, I told you about the Global Financial Leadership Conference. I reviewed the points made by former Prime Minister Tony Blair and former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Paul Volcker.

I was on the program following…

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Hello everybody out there in farm country. This radio commentary is brought to you by the Renewable Fuels Association, Wal-Mart Stores, Monsanto, and John Deere. They are all friends, supporters, and allies of a healthy farm economy and prosperous rural America. Thank you.

This week, I spoke to the Global Financial Leadership Conference presented by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. The featured speakers on the program were Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of Great Britain, and Paul Volcker,…

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Hello everybody out there in farm country. This radio commentary is brought to you by the Renewable Fuels Association, Wal-Mart Stores, Monsanto, and John Deere. They are all friends, supporters, and allies of a healthy farm economy and prosperous rural America. Thank you.

For a long time, we have been hearing the screams of anguish from consumer organizations and politicians (especially the politicians) demanding that the goverrunent fix the food safety problem.

I am here to say, yes, we can…

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Hello everybody out there in farm country. This radio commentary is brought to you by the Renewable Fuels Association, Wal-Mart Stores, Monsanto, and John Deere. They are all friends, supporters, and allies of a healthy farm economy and prosperous rural America. Thank you.

As great as our country is and as effective as our system of government has been, I begin to wonder sometimes -- can it be sustained?

Candidates for the House, candidates for the Senate, and for President -- they promise…

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