USA: Trump nominates Sonny Perdue as Agriculture Secretary
Thursday January 19, 2017/ The Washington post/ United States.
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Trump on Thursday morning formally announced the pick — the final traditional Cabinet department chief to be selected.
Perdue, a former Democrat who switched to the Republican Party before governing Georgia for two terms from 2003 to 2011, has a strong agricultural background, having grown up on a farm and earned a doctorate in veterinary medicine.
Although Perdue’s Georgia is not among the nation’s top 10 agricultural states, it is home to 42,000 farms, with a strong focus in the cattle industry.