December 17, 2008
CHICAGO (RushPRnews)12/17/08-U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has introduced his nominees for agriculture and interior secretaries Wednesday during a press conference in Chicago. Mr. Obama has selected former Governor Tom Vilsack of the midwestern state of Iowa to head the Department of Agriculture, which manages support for farmers and food safety. Vilsack briefly ran for the 2008 Democratic presidential party nomination but dropped out before the primary season began. He is a strong advocate for developing alternative energy sources, known as biofuels, that can be made from farm products, such as corn.Voice of America. The Voice of America, which first went on the air in 1942, is a multimedia international broadcasting service funded by the U.S. Government through the Broadcasting Board of Governors.
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