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Analyze and summarize the following news-like text snippet: 
Yet another person President Obama wants to place in a top government office is having tax troubles. Ron Kirk, Obama’s choice to be the U.S. trade representative, owes some ten-thousand dollars in back taxes. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says he’s not going to pass judgment on Kirk until he goes before the Senate Finance Committee.
Grassley says, "I think we have to look at how this could happen with a president that bragged about a vetting process that was going to be faster and better and bring about a more ethical administration than any other president." Grassley, a Republican, says the means by which Obama administration officials are screening potential nominees clearly still needs tweaking.
"I’m not talking about the good intentions of my president on that point," Grassley says, "because I think it was well-intentioned but it sure wasn’t administered the way it was intended." Kirk, a lawyer and the former mayor of Dallas, Texas, has agreed to pay the back taxes he owes. This mark...<|im_end|>
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The provided text appears to be a news article or similar content. A brief summary could be: Yet another person President Obama wants to place in a top government office is having tax troubles. Ron Kirk, Obama’s choice to be the U.S. trade representative, owes some ten-thousand dollars in back taxes. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says he’s not going to pass judgment on Kirk until he goes before the Senate Finance Committee.
Grassley says, "I think we have to look at how this could happen with a president that bragged about a vetting process that was going to be faster and better and bring... (Further analysis would depend on the specific query.)<|im_end|>
