As agriculture secretary, Vilsack will be the Biden administration’s link to rural America. By
2/24/2021 Boosted by a landslide confirmation vote in the Senate, Tom Vilsack will begin his second stint as agriculture secretary on Wednesday facing problems from the pandemic and climate change to rising hunger rates in America. His own list of goals is much longer and each item on it is a blockbuster. “We’re going to be a USDA that represents and serves all Americans,” said Vilsack soon after the Senate confirmed his nomination, 92-7, on Tuesday. President Biden personally persuaded Vilsack to take the job after he was an active Biden advocate in rural America during the presidential campaign. “He wasn’t looking for this job. But I was persistent,” said Biden.
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