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Welcome to POLITICO’s 2020 Transition Playbook, your guide to one of the most consequential transfers of power in American history.
When President-elect
MARK GITENSTEIN to
enlist his help.
The Biden transition announced months later, in September, that Gitenstein Biden’s chief counsel on the Senate Judiciary Committee in the ‘80s was part of an amorphous transition “advisory board” with 14 other people.
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Tom Vilsack, who has been nominated for Agriculture Secretary speaks while Joe Biden and Kamala Harris sit behind him. Image: Youtube/Bloomberg Quicktake
President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for the head of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Tom Vilsack, hosted a virtual meeting Tuesday with a litany of Black farmer organizations.
Vilsack met with the groups to discuss the significant issues facing Black farmers today. Those issues include reliable broadband internet in rural areas, the importance of the Justice for Black Farmers Act, and the discrimination Black farmers face when trying to access programs, technical and financial assistance from the USDA