Keith_Collins - SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE TESTIFIES ON MAD COW

SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE TESTIFIES ON MAD COW

Keith Collins, Chief Economist for the USDA testifies before the Government Reform Committee and Committee on Agriculture on July 14, 2004 in Washington. The hearing is to review the USDA's expanded BSE Cattle Surveillance Program...(UPI Photo/Michael Kleinfeld)


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