Dan Glickman was a Jewish kid from Kansas, son of self-made, entrepreneurial parents and a grandson of Russian and Eastern European immigrants. He ended up
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STATESMEN: Prior to his testimony before the Senate Agriculture Committee, during his nomination process to become U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, former Rep. Dan Glickman (right) speaks with then-Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole (left), R-Kan., on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Glickman discusses working across the aisle with Republicans like Dole and former Kansas Sens. Nancy Landon Kassebaum and Pat Roberts in his autobiography, “Laughing at Myself: My Education in Congress, on the Farm and at the Movies,” which comes out June 8 and is published by University Press of Kansas. Former USDA Secretary Dan Glickman’s new autobiography covers the humor and trials of public service.
Reflecting on a life of service The Around Farm Progress podcast connects with Dan Glickman, Secretary of Agriculture under President Clinton. He s written a new memoir and shares some insights.
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Dan Glickman served as Secretary of Agriculture in the Clinton Administration, but he s done more than that and has a new memoir documenting his story - Laughing at Myself: My Education in Congress, on the Farm, and at the Movies. Jennifer M. Latzke, editor of Kansas Farmer, caught up with Secretary Glickman to talk about the book, and some of the milestones in his life.