Corn Belt Cabinet
By Cindy
Posted: January 7, 2009
Posted: January 7, 2009
The Obama cabinet may well be one of the most Midwestern in recent memory.
Five out of 15, or one third of the cabinet-level nominations made by the president-elect are from the Corn Belt. They include former Governor Tom Vilsack of Iowa as Secretary of Agriculture, former Senator Tom Daschle of South Dakota as Secretary for Health and Human Services, Representative Ray LaHood of Illinois for Secretary of Transportation and Arne Duncan of Illinois for Education Secretary. Obama is also keeping Robert Gates of Kansas as Secretary of Defense.
There are other high-level appointments from the Midwest and overall the corn growers are happy to have strong representation from the largest corn producing states in the new administration.
