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Oregon Rep. Greg Walden: A handy man working to implement goals of GOP leaders

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In BoehnerLand, the constellation of loyalists and associates surrounding the soon-to-be House speaker, Rep. Greg Walden has become the indispensable jack-of-all-trades.

A former radio station owner from the high desert plateau of eastern Oregon, the six-term Republican tackles every thankless task assigned by House Minority Leader John A. Boehner with the precision that he learned as an Eagle Scout.

Walden’s latest assignment: to oversee his party’s transition to the majority – and to somehow translate its campaign promises to reform the way Congress works to a practical rule book that, well, reforms the way Congress works.

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