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DREW DEBERRY
ROSS REPORTING SERVICES, INC.281-484-0770
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CAUSE NO. 2008-45087 (CONSOLIDATED)ALLISON SNODDY, et al ) IN THE DISTRICT COURTPlaintiffs, )v. )PETROLEUM WHOLESALE, INC. )et al. )Defendants, )and )STATE OF TEXAS ) HARRIS COUNTY, TEXASPlaintiff )v. )PETROLEUM WHOLESALE, L.P., )d/b/a SUNMART; and PWI GP, LLC)Defendants ) 334TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT*********************************************************ORAL VIDEOTAPED DEPOSITIONDREW DEBERRYApril 26, 2010*********************************************************ORAL VIDEOTAPED DEPOSITION of DREWDEBERRY, produced at the instance of the DEFENDANTS, andduly sworn, was taken in the above-styled and numberedcause on the 26th day of April, 2010, from 9:00 a.m.until 5:16 p.m., before Paige S. Watts, CSR/RPR, in andfor the State of Texas, reported by stenographicmachine, at the Office of the Attorney General, 300 WEST15TH STREET, 9TH FLOOR, AUSTIN, TEXAS, pursuant to theTexas Rules of Civil Procedure.TAXABLE COST: __________PAID BY: _______________TBA NO.: _______________JOB NO.: _______________
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A-P-P-E-A-R-A-N-C-E-S
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COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF, STATE OF TEXAS:
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Mr. John S. Langley
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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERALEnvironmental Protection & Administrative Law
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P.O. Box 12548Austin, Texas 78711
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COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF, STATE OF TEXAS:
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Mr. John OwensOFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
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Consumer Protection & Public Health Division300 West 15th Street, 9th Floor, MC 010
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Austin, Texas 78701
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COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS, PETROLEUM WHOLESALE:
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Mr. Randy L. Fairless
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JOHANSON & FAIRLESS, LLP1456 First Colony Boulevard
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Sugar Land, Texas 77479TBN: 06788500
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ALSO PRESENT:
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Kelley Friedman, Johanson & FairlessStuart W. Lapp, Petroleum Wholesale
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INDEX
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PAGE
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APPEARANCES .................................... 2
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DREW DEBERRY
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Examination by Mr. Fairless..................... 4
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EXHIBITS
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EXHIBITNUMBER DESCRIPTION PAGE
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450 Business Card of Mr. DeBerry 28
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451 Commissioner Findings of Fact 110
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452 Guidance Document 215
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453 Talking Points July 31, 2008 215
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454 Talking Points July 31, 2008 215
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455 Talking Points July 31, 2008 215
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456 Talking Points July 18-20, 2008 215
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457 Talking Points July 18-20, 2008 242
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458 Operation Spotlight Procedures 242
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459 Operation Spotlight Procedures 242
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460 E-mail from Drew DeBerry 261
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461 E-mail from Drew DeBerry 275
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462 E-mail exchange Staples/DeBerry 275
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THE VIDEOGRAPHER: We're on the record,
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April 26th, 2010. The time is 9:15.
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DREW DEBERRY,
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having been first duly sworn, testified as follows:
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EXAMINATION
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BY MR. FAIRLESS:
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Q. State your name for the record, please.
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A. Drew DeBerry.
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Q. Was PWI targeted in Operation Spotlight?
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A. Was PWI...
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Q. Targeted in Operation Spotlight?
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A. I wouldn't use that word. No, sir.
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Q. Do you think it would be unfair to use that
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word? Is that why you wouldn't use it?
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A. Yes, sir.
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Q. Okay. How old a man are you?
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A. Let me do the math here. I think I'm 32.
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Q. Where do you presently reside?
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A. Hang on a second. I live about halfway between
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the Y at Oak Hill and Dripping Springs, Texas.
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Q. Okay. What's the address out there where you
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live?
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A. 110 Cork Lane, Austin, Texas.
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Q. I'm sorry?
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A. Austin, Texas.
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Q. How long have you lived at that address?
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A. Three and a half years.
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Q. Where are you from originally, Mr. DeBerry?
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A. I grew up in Olton, Texas.
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Q. And where did you graduate high school?
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A. Olton, Texas.
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Q. In what year?
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A. 1996.
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Q. And then what -- what was your first move after
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high school? Was it to go to college, or did you enter
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the workforce?
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A. I went to college.
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Q. And where?
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A. Texas Tech University.
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Q. Did you graduate?
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A. I did.
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Q. From Texas Tech?
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A. I did.
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Q. What year?
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A. 2000.
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Q. Did you work while you were going to school?
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A. Yes, sir.
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Q. Where at?
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A. I had a few jobs. I worked for the bulk of the
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time at the Texas Tech Meat Laboratory.
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Q. Meat, M-e-a-t?
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A. Yes, sir.
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Q. Okay.
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A. I worked at the Texas Tech Meat Laboratory, I
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worked in the summers for my dad, and I worked for a
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period of time towards the end of my college career for
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State Senator Robert Duncan.
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THE REPORTER: I'm sorry. For who?
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THE WITNESS: State Senator Robert
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Duncan.
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Q. (BY MR. FAIRLESS) When you were working for the
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Meat Laboratory, were you picking up paychecks from the
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TDA?
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A. No, sir.
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Q. Who -- whose name was on the paychecks that you
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received?
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A. I don't even remember if it -- I assume it was
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Texas Tech University.
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Q. And then did you go to work immediately upon
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getting your bachelor's degree, or did you pursue --
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A. Yes.
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Q. -- other schooling?
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A. No. I went to work as soon as I finished.
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Q. Okay. What degree did you get?
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A. An agricultural in applied economics.
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Q. And where did you go to work upon graduation
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in, I'm guessing, May of 2000?
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A. I don't remember when it was; but somewhere in
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there, I went to work for the Bush/Cheney
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2000 Presidential Campaign.
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Q. Did that have anything to do with the Senator
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that you were working for?
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A. No, sir.
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Q. And the Senator that you were working for, what
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political party was he?
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A. Republican.
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Q. Is he still holding an office for the State of
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Texas?
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A. Yes, sir.
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Q. And is he still a Senator?
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A. He is.
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Q. And what's his name again?
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A. Robert Duncan.
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Q. And he's from where?
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A. Lubbock.
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Q. He represents the fine folks up there in
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Lubbock?
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A. He represents Lubbock. I believe he's from
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Vernon.
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Q. And the Bush/Cheney work that you took right
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after college, did that start, for instance, in June of
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2000; or was there any period of unemployment before you
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entered the workforce?
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A. I started the day I finished my last -- well,
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the day after I finished my last class.
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Q. Was that a position you had to interview for,
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or was that a position that you get because you know
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somebody?
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A. I had to interview for it.
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MR. LANGLEY: Form.
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Q. (BY MR. FAIRLESS) And who did you interview
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with?
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A. Susan Combs.
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Q. And Susan Comb's position at the time that you
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interviewed with her was what?
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A. She was the National Chairwoman of the
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Presidential Agriculture effort.
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Q. And what was your role in the -- in this new
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job that you were taking?
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A. With the Bush campaign?
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Q. Yes, sir.
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A. I was the National Agriculture Coalition
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Director.
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Q. So straight out of school into the National
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Agriculture Coalition Director position?
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A. Yes, sir.
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Q. And was there some sort of agreed term or
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agreed period of time that you were going to be working
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for the Bush/Cheney effort?
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A. Through election.
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Q. And the election was going to be when?
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A. November of 2000.
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Q. Okay. So it was roughly a six month position?
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A. Roughly.
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Q. Any promises for future employment if
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Bush/Cheney get elected?
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A. No, sir.
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Q. So did you take this job as -- well, you tell
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me, why did you take the job? Was it hopefully to be
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some sort of springboard into the Texas governmental
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system?
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A. No, sir.
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Q. So why did you take the job? Why did you
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pursue the job, is a better question.
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A. Senator Duncan suggested it might be a good fit
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for my expertise at the time.
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Q. And what was your expertise?
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A. I grew up in agriculture, and I developed a
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passion for public policy while I worked for Senator
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Duncan.
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