Lanon Baccam: “I worked for Governor Tom Vilsack in his official office.”

“I deployed Afghanistan in 2004. I was a combat engineer. I was enlisted when I was overseas. When I came home, I had a chance to serve again. I worked for Governor Tom Vilsack in his official office. I went on to the US Department of Agriculture in the Obama administration and then here in the Biden administration, they asked me to come back, had the chance to …” (03:59–04:02)

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