Name: Big Think Interview With Ann Veneman
Uploaded: 2009-11-17T19:27:00-05:00
Duration: 8 min 55 s

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Ann Veneman became the Executive Director of UNICEF in 2005. She was the first woman to serve as the Unites States Secretary of Agriculture.

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