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A reader takes issue with Mitch Daniels’ policies when he served as Indiana governor from 2005-13.

President of Purdue University and former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels has joined the Washington Post as a contributing columnist, the newspaper announced Tuesday. 

His role will be to offer commentary and analysis on public policy topics.

“Mitch is one of the nation’s most creative, incisive thinkers across a wide range of public-policy topics,” Fred Hiatt, Washington Post's Editorial Page Editor, said on the paper's website. “I’m delighted that he’s agreed to share his perspective with our readers on issues in government, education and beyond.”

Daniels, a Republican, became Purdue's president in December 2012, and his current contract for that role lasts until 2020. He was the lowest-paid of all Big Ten presidents at the time of his last contract extension in 2015. 

Daniels was first elected as Indiana's governor in 2004, and was reelected in 2008 with the most votes for a publicly elected official in the state's history. 

The Indiana Historical Society has officially designated Daniels as a Living Legend. 

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