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Trump taps former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue to head USDA

January 19, 2017 at 10:15 AM
President-elect Trump has selected former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue (R) to serve as agriculture secretary, rounding out his cabinet picks just a day before his inauguration. Perdue served as Georgia governor from 2003 until 2011 and was one of the 64 members of the Trump campaign's agricultural advisory committee. “As the former governor of a state that produces billions in agricultural products each year, Sonny Perdue has embraced policies under which Georgia farmers have thrived, and he is ready to...

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