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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tasked With Tackling Rural Drug Problem
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack (Left) and Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Burwell (R) testify during a hearing before the House Agriculture Committee October 7, 2015 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The committee held the hearing to review the development of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has been been tasked by President Obama with tackling heroin and opioid abuse in rural America. It turns out he has some personal experience with that problem in his family. Secretary Vilsack talks with Here & Now’s Robin Young about the USDA agenda for 2016.
Note: This is the first part of a two-part conversation. Part two will air tomorrow in the 1 p.m./3 p.m. Eastern hour of the show.
Guest
- Tom Vilsack, U.S. secretary of agriculture.
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