Two more members of President Obama’s Cabinet have announced their intention to remain in the administration for Obama’s second term.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will retain their posts.
(Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images) - Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack speaks to reporters before a House Democratic caucus meeting on January 19, 2011 in Washington, D.C.
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Full text of President Obama’s speech on national security
“We must define the nature and scope of this struggle, or else it will define us,” the president said.
Napolitano, who has been dealing with the recent death of her father, had planned to stay, and the administration confirmed her decision Monday.
Napolitano’s decision means that most of Obama’s Cabinet will begin the second term unchanged.
Vilsack issued a statement about his decision Monday afternoon.
“President Obama and I share a deep appreciation for rural America and its unlimited potential in the years ahead to feed a growing world population,” he said.
Vilsack, a former governor of Iowa, has been the Obama administration’s chief emissary to rural Americans on many issues, and he could play an important role in framing the administration’s positions as it begins a campaign to modify the nation’s gun laws.
“I am pleased to continue working alongside President Obama to grow more opportunity in rural America,” Vilsack said.
Napolitano, a former governor of Arizona, could play a similarly important role in Obama’s push for immigration legislation, an early priority for the administration.
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