Governor Thomas Vilsack

Browse > Home / BREAKING NEWS , Politics , U.S.A. Government / Obama Selects Former Governor Tom Vilsack To Head Department of Agriculture 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...Read Full Story

Democrat Tom Vilsack, the former Iowa governor, abandoned his bid for the presidency after struggling against better-known, better-financed rivals. Obama and Clinton have too much momentum (in popularity and financial support) for Vilsack to rise above the din. ``It is money and only money that is the reason we are leaving today,'' Vilsack told reporters at a news conference. But I don't agree... it isn't only money. Money doesn't always lead, sometimes it follows. Obama wasn't a bank-rolled...Read Full Story

Secretary of Agriculture and former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack won't say if he backs marriage equality nationwide, Politico reports: "I don't know what that's got to do with the Secretary of... MORE..(click headline).Read Full Story

We'd asked the Land Stewardship Project for its reaction to President-elect Obama's nomination of former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack to head the Department of Agriculture. we just received this statement focused on several policy shifts: MINNEAPOLIS, Minn---The Land Stewardship Project congratulates former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack on his selection by President-elect Barack Obama as his nominee for U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. We look forward to working with the Secretary once he is approved...Read Full Story

I received this email from Organic Comsumers Association, which I've been reading on and off for 10 years and donated to. I thought it important to blog about this issue and I have signed the petition myself. What do you think about it? Your thoughts and comments are welcomed. If we're going to have a change for the better, we're going to have to be a nation of healthy people. Do we want genetically modified crops? Animal cloning? More factory farming?? Support of ethanol production? Well...Read Full Story