These exemplary people have made historic contributions to American government and will be honored at a gala celebration on ...

Rollins is just the second woman to head the agency. Ann Veneman of California was sworn in as the 27th Secretary of Agriculture in 2001 and served in George W. Bush's cabinet during his first term.

Ann Veneman, the first female Department of Agriculture secretary, told the conservative network she will join a mounting number of Republicans who will not cast a ballot for former President ...

"We remain confident in the safety of our food supply," Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman said in announcing the first suspected US case of mad cow disease. Veneman also assured Americans that no ...

Arif Husain, chief economist of the U.N. World Food Programme, and Ann Veneman, former executive director of UNICEF and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, discuss the food crises developing across ...