Rep. Peterson reacts to Vilsack choice

U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson, DFL-Minn.
Rep. Collin Peterson, DFL-Minn.
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President-elect Barack Obama chose Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack to be his Secretary of Agriculture. One of the people that Vilsack will work closely with in his new job is Minnesota's Seventh District Congressman Collin Peterson, a DFLer who chairs the House Agriculture Committee. MPR's Perry Finelli spoke with Rep. Peterson.

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