Tag: Tom Vilsack

As expected, President-elect Barack Obama made it official Wednesday morning in Chicago: Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar is his choice to be the next secretary of the interior. At the same press conference, Obama announced former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack will be his nominee for secretary of agriculture — an appointment rumored as recently as last week to belong to Salazar's brother, Rep. John Salazar. The two are "guardians of the American landscape on which the health of our economy and the well-being of our families so heavily depend," Obama said in his introductory remarks.

President-elect Barack Obama will name his secretary of interior at a press conference in Chicago at 10:45 a.m. CST Wednesday, his transition team announced. It has been widely reported that Democratic U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar of Colorado will be the nominee. At the same press conference, Obama is expected to name former Democratic Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack as secretary of agriculture, NBC first reported Tuesday afternoon.

Things were going well enough for Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack during a rather ho-hum speech on energy policy in Boulder on Thursday evening until...