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U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack talked about a series of U.S.-China commitments on issues ranging from intellectual p…

Panelists talked about competition along the food supply chain. Topics included the relationship between food producers and the small group of large firms that buy most of their products. Th…

Former Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod told reporters she turned down a job offer after meeting with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack for 90 minutes, but said she hoped to h…

The Agriculture Department held the first of a two-day civil rights and diversity conference in reaction to the Shirley Sherrod case. Ms. Sherrod was forced to resign over allegedly discrimi…

Secretary Vilsack said he had appologized to Shirley Sherrod and offered her a new position at the Agriculture Department after she was fired from her previous position at the department whe…

Agriculture Tom Vilsack addressed the National Governor’s Association annual meeting. He spoke about childhood nutrition and obesity. Afterward, governors talked about state and federal stra…

Secretaries Locke and Vilsack and U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk spoke to reporters about U.S. exports. The event ends abruptly.

Witnesses testified on the Improving Nutrition for America’s Children Act. The bill would expand access for millions of children to healthy meals year-round in schools, child care, and commu…

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack spoke by telephone from Iowa about rural economic issues and farm policy issues. Secretary Vilsack hosted a national “summit” on rural America the previous …

Panelists spoke about agriculture programs and business issues facing rural America. Among the topics they addressed were biofuel production, infrastructure development, and conservation iss…

Secretary Vilsack spoke about agriculture, trade, and the U.S. economy. He emphasized the role that the rural community played in the national economy.

Cabinet members spoke at the opening of the White House Conference on America’s Great Outdoors. They welcomed participants and spoke about the scope of federal conservation programs.

Participants in the first of two panels at the White House Conference on the Great Outdoors talked about environmental conservation efforts in the U.S. Among the topics they addressed were c…

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack testified on the proposed $9 billion fiscal year 2011 Department of Agriculture budget.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack talked about Obama administration’s priorities for reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act and called on Congress to swiftly pass a strong reauthorizatio…

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke spoke to reporters about their recent trips to Afghanistan, as well as U.S. aid pr…

Members of Congress and Obama administration officials spoke to reporters following a meeting with First Lady Michelle Obama on childhood obesity policy.

Obama administration officials announced agricultural assistance programs for Afghanistan. They spoke to reporters and answered questions about the initiative, focusing on economic and secur…