WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush named Rep. Rob Portman of Ohio to be U.S. trade representative, the administration's top salesman for free-trade agreements around the world.
Bush announced the choice at a ceremony Thursday morning.
If confirmed by the Senate, the 49-year-old Republican congressman from the Cincinnati area would replace Robert Zoellick, who has become Condoleezza Rice's top deputy at the State Department. As one of Bush's chief links to Congress on trade, tax and other issues, Portman has been a strong advocate of free trade even though he comes from a state that has been hit hard by job losses.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/03/17/bush.trade.ap/index.htmloh look, this guy has a history of screwing his own constituency...
obviously Bush can trust him to keep the multinational agenda at the
expense of the US economy and the American middle class.