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Article: Kellogg CEO nominated for top job at Commerce Department.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
- Article date:
- November 30, 2004
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Byline: William Neikirk
Nov. 30--WASHINGTON -- In a surprise move, President Bush Monday tapped Cuban-born businessman Carlos Gutierrez as his new commerce secretary, replacing Bush's longstanding Texas friend Donald Evans.
In choosing Gutierrez -- the 51-year-old chief executive of Kellogg Co. and a self-made business leader with a rags-to-riches background -- the president nominated a second Hispanic to his Cabinet and took the first step what is expected to be a nearly total makeover of his second-term economic team.
"He is a great American success story," Bush said in an announcement at the White House Roosevelt Room. He told how Gutierrez ...