Vilsack to Stay as USDA Secretary to Face Drought and Farm Bill
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Tom Vilsack is staying on as agriculture secretary during President Barack Obama’s second term, when he’ll be dealing with the effects of the worst drought since the 1930s and a Congress that hasn’t been able to pass a new five-year farm bill.
In a speech today to an American Farm Bureau Federation conference in Nashville, Tennessee, Vilsack said he’s honored “to have another opportunity to continue this work.” Matt Paul, the Department of Agriculture’s communications director, said Obama asked Vilsack to stay on and Vilsack accepted.