Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Agriculture Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden present the Secretary's Honors Award to Rural Development (RD) from Des Moines, IA Karla Peiffer for her efforts related to the restructuring of a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utility loan that prevented unprecedented rate increases for thousands of residents at the 2013 Honor Awards in the Jefferson Auditorium at USDA in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. USDA photo by Lance Cheung.
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