(CNN) The Senate confirmed Tom Vilsack as President Joe Biden's agriculture secretary, sending the former Iowa governor to the same Cabinet position he served for the entirety of the Obama administration. During his confirmation hearing earlier this month, Vilsack made clear the challenges facing the Department of Agriculture are different than 12 years ago. "The world and our nation are different today than when I served as agriculture secretary in a previous administration," Vilsack said. Biden called him, "The best secretary of agriculture I believe this country has ever had." In 2009, the Senate unanimously confirmed Vilsack to be agriculture secretary.

Source: The Nation February 23, 2021 20:26 UTC