There's Glickman on the left right next to Mr. Chelsea.
Posted on 07/01/2004 11:59:42 AM PDT by hispanarepublicana
Glickman, former Agriculture secretary, named to head Hollywood lobby
TED BRIDIS
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The powerful organization that lobbies on behalf of America's movie industry said Thursday it has selected as its new chief Dan Glickman, a former Kansas lawmaker and agriculture secretary under President Clinton.
Glickman, 59, has lobbied on behalf of The Walt Disney Co. and his son is a successful producer. He replaces Jack Valenti, a one-time White House adviser who has been Hollywood's influential champion in Washington the past 38 years.
The Motion Picture Association of America's choice of Glickman over several studio insiders reflects the industry's preference for a chief executive already known in the nation's capital.
Glickman said his top priorities will be fighting piracy and ensuring Hollywood's ability to sell its films overseas. Valenti acknowledged that Glickman's salary will be "in that alluring range of seven figures." Glickman joked that he will earn "more than I make now, a very comfortable wage."
Both Valenti and Glickman said there was no pressure for the MPAA to appoint a Republican, and Glickman said he was known in Congress as a moderate with many GOP friends.
"This is not a partisan job," Valenti said.
The MPAA oversees U.S. movie ratings and lobbies for Hollywood's top seven studios.
Valenti, 82, announced his retirement in March. He said Thursday he will remain at least partly in charge of the industry's ratings system but turn over all other responsibilities to Glickman after Sept. 1. The board secretly voted to hire Glickman last week.
"I've got a lot to learn, a steep learning curve," Glickman said.
Glickman is director of the Institute of Politics at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. His son, Jonathan Glickman, is a producer whose films include "Shanghai Knights," "Shanghai Noon," "Rush Hour" and "Rush Hour 2."
Glickman, a native of Wichita, represented Kansas from 1977 to 1995. He was principal author of the 1990 Farm Bill and headed the House Intelligence Committee during its investigation of the Aldrich Ames espionage case inside the CIA.
His biggest accomplishment while in office was to try to shut down the U.S. pork industry......
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Well, who'd be better to deal with fertilizer?
He was only known as a moderate to liberal Republicans who have an R by their names only because it's hard to get elected as a D in Kansas. There's a whole lot of lying going on in Kansas election offices.
Let's see..the GOP controlls the Senate , House , WH..and the movie industry wants access by naming a Clinton Dem cabinet secretary?..they couldn't make themselves do the smart thing..
My mother taught me to say "fertilizer" instead of the other words, just like yours.
the technical word is: Organic Nutriants
thanks for the ping.
He's certainly no hero in Iowa.
The only place he's a hero is on Charlotte's Web, and in the homes of the 3 Little Pigs......
There's Glickman on the left right next to Mr. Chelsea.
Isn't it interesting how few congressmen go back to their home states after they get defeated or retire.
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