Reynolds, who succeeded Terry Branstad as governor when he became the US ambassador to China on May 22, noted that agricultural "is the backbone of Iowa's economy and contributes about 2 billion to our economy annually"
The subsidy scheme did not work, costing the country 8 billion US dollars and leaving it with vast stockpiles of rice
cn]On August 2, Japanese government approved this year's version of defense white paper, which described the security environment surrounding the country "increasingly severe"