CHICAGO, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama Wednesday introduced former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack as his nominee to lead the Agriculture Department.
"As our next Secretary of Agriculture, Tom will not only help ensure that rural America has a true partner in implementing the Farm Bill and pursuing agricultural research, but that Washington is looking out for everyone from the small family farms that are feeding our communities to the large farms that are feeding the world," Obama said during a news conference in Chicago.