President-elect Donald Trump announced Saturday that Brooke Rollins is his pick to lead the Department of Agriculture.
The seat requires Senate approval.
In this July 26, 2022, file photo, Brooke Rollins, AFPI President & CEO, watches as former President Donald Trump makes his way off stage after speaking at the America First Policy Institute Agenda Summit in Washington, D.C.
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Rollins served in the first Trump administration, first as the assistant to the president for intergovernmental and technology initiatives and then later as the acting director of the Domestic Policy Council.
After Trump left office, she became the president and CEO of the America First Policy Institute, a conservative right-wing think tank which is made up of former Trump staff members that promotes his agenda.
-ABC News’ Kelsey Walsh, Lalee Ibssa and Soo Rin Kim
