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  • U.S. Ag. Secretary Meets Iraqi Students

    11/12/2003 9:04:18 PM PST · by TexKat · 2 replies · 124+ views
    Associated Press via Yahoo News ^ | 11/13/03 | KATARINA KRATOVAC
    BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman met with students and teachers Wednesday to see how to help Iraq's universities recover from war and economic sanctions under Saddam Hussein. Veneman visited the sprawling complex of the Baghdad School of Agriculture in the Abu Ghraib neighborhood, a short distance from the prison complex where Saddam's regime tortured political opponents. "Agriculture is very important to this country, as it is to our country, and we want to see it rebuilt," Veneman said after meeting the school's faculty. "The people of Iraq need to restore their way of life, and we are...