Obama Appoints Vilsack as Agriculture Secretary and Salazar as Interior Secretary in Chicago

US President elect Barack Obama (L) listens as former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack (L) speaks after Obama named him as as his choice for agriculture secretary at a news conference in the Drake Hotel in Chicago, on December 17, 2008. Obama continues to put together his cabinet as he prepares to take office 20 January 2009. (UPI Photo/Tannen Maury/POOL)