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• Kempthorne takes job as life insurance lobbyist

  September 7, 2010 in Idaho Former Idaho governor, U.S. senator and Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne is taking over as the top lobbyist for the country’s life insurers. 4

• Kempthorne: No one anticipated large oil spill

    July 20, 2010 in Nation/World Two former Interior secretaries told Congress today they did not anticipate an accident as large as the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

• Citizen Kempthorne glad to stump on Ward’s behalf

  January 31, 2010 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 BOISE – Former Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne has emerged back on the Idaho political scene, endorsing 1st District congressional candidate Vaughn Ward, introducing Ward at a Statehouse press conference officially …

• Minnick challenger on tour

  January 27, 2010 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – GOP congressional candidate Vaughn Ward was joined by former Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne and state Superintendent of Schools Tom Luna on Tuesday as he kicked off an 18-stop, … 1

• For helping customer, he got fat lip

  March 5, 2009 in Idaho Voices on Page PF1 A funny thing happened to Robideaux service manager Jerry Kelly last week, if you realize that by “funny” I mean bizarre rather than ha-ha. Jerry was busy handling routine business …

• Kempthorne reflects on service

  January 6, 2009 in Idaho on Page A7 BOISE – Outgoing U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne said Monday that he’s already had discussions with his successor, Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar, and he promised a “smooth transition” at the …

• Kempthorne promises smooth transition at Interior

  January 5, 2009 in Idaho Outgoing U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne said today that he’s already had discussions with his successor, Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar, and he promised a “smooth transition” at the Department of …