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PM: Dirk’s Now An Insurance Lobbyist?

Posted by DFO

Sept. 7, 2010 5:03 p.m. • 4 comments

In this Sept. 18, 2008, AP file photo by Susan Walsh, then secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne left, seated next to Interior Department inspector General Earl Devaney, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, during a House Natural Resources Committee oversight hearing. Now, the former agency director will become a life insurance lobbyist. See story below.

Kempthorne takes job as life insurance lobbyist/Associated Press
UCDavis, Cal Poly to join Big Sky for football/Associated Press
Spokane police release Deputy Hirzel’s statements re: shooting/KREM
Boise State earns high TV ratings, praise from around USA/Brian Murphy, Statesman
Hokies’ fan gets 2000 followers by urging potato boycott/Katy Moeller, Statesman
Sandpoint Bypass girder work to begin this week/Keith Kinnaird, Bonner County Bee
Path of the Hiawatha attracts record usage/Nicole Nolan, Shoshone News-Press

Question: Is a job as a life insurance lobbyist a fitting next step for former U.S. senator/Idaho governor/Interior secretary Dirk Kempthorne?

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