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Published 12/16/2008 by CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney at CNN Political Ticker

CHICAGO (CNN) – President-elect Barack Obama will name former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack as his secretary of Agriculture at a news conference scheduled for Wednesday, according to an Obama transition aide and a separate Democratic source. Vilsack was a high profile supporter of Hillary Clinton during the presidential primaries after he briefly sought the Democratic presidential [...] (link)

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