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Vilsack: Greta, thank you very much. I know I'm in Iowa, Governor, when the meeting starts at 8 o'clock. In D.C., this would be about a 10 o'clock meeting, so it's great to be back home. I certainly appreciate Governor Branstad and Lieutenant Governor Reynolds and their interest and involvement in...

July 16, 2015 Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden: Thank you, Dr. Tu and so good to be with you, Dr. Newman, especially out here. I see you in Washington, but this is a lot more fun. As Deputy Secretary, I get to do a lot of kind of cool stuff as you might imagine mainly with farmers and ranchers, with...

July 1, 2015 Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden: It is a great opportunity to be with you and first of all I send regards from a colleague of mine at USDA, Anne Alonzo, who I believe may have been the first female head of this organization, or the first chair or president - I am not sure the right term...

July 1, 2015 Sec. Vilsack: Thank you very much. Ambassador Quinn, thank you very, very much. Certainly have appreciated our friendship and our work together, uh to focus on the World Food prize and certainly carry out the great legacy of Dr. Borlaug and vision of John Ruan, another great Iowan who...

Wednesday, December 19, 2012 SECRETARY THOMAS VILSACK: Well, I want to thank Tom Donahue and former secretary Margaret Spellings for giving us this opportunity. So you know, it's sometimes difficult in this town to get folk's attention on agriculture, but I really appreciate the chamber giving us...

Moderated by Andy Webber, CEO of Farm Journal Media SECRETARY VILSACK: Andy, it could have been worse. You could have told me you were a Ravens fan. [Laughter.] SECRETARY VILSACK: But after last weekend, that's nothing. It was good. It was the way it was supposed to be. God intended that game. Well...

MODERATOR: Good day, and welcome to today's live broadcast from the USDA Radio Studios in Washington, D.C., featuring the Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Chief of the U.S. Forest Service Tom Tidwell. Reporters and members of the media, if you wish to ask the Secretary or the Chief a...

MODERATOR: Good day, and welcome to today's live broadcast from the USDA radio studios in Washington, D.C., featuring the Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack. Reporters and members of the media, if you wish to ask the Secretary a question after opening remarks, please press Star/1 on your...

MR. CARNEY: Thank you very much. Welcome, everybody, to the White House for your daily briefing. As I think you had advanced warning of, I have with me today the Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack. As you know, he briefed the President today on the drought that is affecting a significant portion...

Audio MODERATOR: Hello, everyone, and thank you for joining us for today's press call. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is here in the studio with me, and he is going to be announcing disaster assistance improvements and support for farmers affected by extreme weather. To get in on this...