Tom Vilsack: “I didn't speak to anyone at the White House. I didn't speak to anybody…”

On the recordJuly 19, 2010

I didn't speak to anyone at the White House. I didn't speak to anybody at the White House.

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Democratic · Iowa

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Tom Vilsack, the U.S. Agriculture Secretary, denies any involvement from the White House in the decision to force Shirley Sherrod to resign.

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Tom Vilsack: “I didn't speak to anyone at the White House. I didn't speak to anybody at the White House.”