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Obama's Choice of Vilsack: AgriBusiness as Usual at USDA?

Andrew Kimbrell | Posted 01.23.2009 | Politics

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Andrew Kimbrell

Today, the lukewarm reception Vilsack initially received has turned into real heat as the Obama transition team finds itself in the fire over the former Governor's appointment.

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Maybe Vilsack Won't Suck?

Kerry Trueman | Posted 01.18.2009 | Green

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Kerry Trueman

I honestly don't know what to make of the Vilsack nomination, so I asked Denise O'Brien, the organic farmer who ran for Iowa's Secretary of Agriculture in 2006, to share her invaluable Iowan insights.

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Tom Vilsack : Secretary Of Agriculture

AP | MIKE GLOVER | Posted 01.16.2009 | Politics

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DES MOINES, Iowa — President-elect Barack Obama has selected former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack to become his agriculture secretary, according to Demo...

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