HOW DID WE GET HERE:

A BRIEF HISTORY OF MONSANTO AND THE U.S. GOVERNMENT
1991: Margaret Miller was appointed Deputy Director of FDA by George
Bush Sr. She oversaw the approval of the genetically engineered growth
hormone rBGH. Prior to the appointment, she was one of Monsanto's top
scientists developing rBGH. At the FDA, she approved the same rBGH
studies she previously led at Monsanto.

1991: A right-wing extremist, Clarence Thomas, was appointed to the
Supreme Court, despite nationwide opposition. Prior to his
appointment, Thomas was a lawyer for Monsanto, a notorious chemical
polluter and ag biotech promoter. Thomas would later cast the decisive
vote in 2000 on the Supreme Court, ratifying the stolen election that
put George Bush Jr. into office.

1992: Michael Taylor was appointed FDA's Deputy Commissioner for
Policy, a role created to expedite the approval process of genetically
engineered foods. Prior to his appointment, Taylor was an attorney for
Monsanto. Taylor went on to become Monsanto's Vice-President.

1993: Rufus Yerxa was nominated as U.S. deputy to the World Trade
Organization. Prior to his apointment as one of the most powerful
bureaucrats in the world regarding international trade policies, Rufus
was Monsanto's Chief Counsel.

1996: Michael Kantor was appointed U.S. Secretary of Commerce. At that
time, Kantor was also on the Board of Directors of Monsanto.

2000: The White House appoints Carol Tucker Foreman as the sole
"consumer advocate" on an international committee assessing
genetically modified foods. Prior to her appointment, Foreman was a
lobbyist for Monsanto.

2001: Anne Veneman was appointed head of the USDA, in charge of
regulating, among other things, genetically engineered crops. Veneman
previously served on the Board of Directors of Calgene, a Monsanto
biotech subsidiary.

2001: Donald Rumsfeld was sworn in as Secretary or Defense. Rumsfeld
was previously the CEO of the Searle pharmaceutical corporation,
acquired by Monsanto.

2001: Linda Fisher was appointed Deputy Administrator of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency. Her regulatory chores included
"enforcing" pesticide regulations, such as Monsanto's herbicide,
Roundup, commonly sprayed on GE crops. Fisher was previously
Monsanto's Vice-President of Government Affairs. Previously Fisher
served as a high-level staffer for another biotech cheerleader,
President Bill Clinton.

2002: George Poste was appointed head the bioterrorism division of
Homeland Security. Previously, Poste was a Monsanto animal specialist.

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