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NEW YORK, January 20, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Tuesday, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan announced the appointment of a Bush Administration veteran to replace Carol Bellamy as the head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Beginning May 1, former U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman will replace Bellamy who has been credited with leading the once world-renowned organization into international disrepute. Bellamy, a Clinton Administration pick for the UNICEF post, has been slammed for years by pro-lifers for turning UNICEF into an abortion-promoting organization. U.S. Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) has said that Bellamy is so pro-abortion that, while a Senator...

Three other cabinet members announced their departures yesterday, virtually ignored in the shadow of Colin Powell's resignation. Their accomplishments, or lack thereof, say a lot about the president's first term and the prospects for his second. When George W. Bush called himself a "compassionate conservative," he invariably pointed to his No Child Left Behind reform plan. As secretary of education, Rod Paige argued valiantly for the premise behind the law: that poor minority children deserve the same skilled teachers and high-quality schools as their affluent counterparts. But beyond the words, Dr. Paige turned out to be politically tone-deaf and a...

In his Saturday radio address, President Bush said, "Earlier this week, Prime Minister Allawi of Iraq authorized military operations to rid the city of Fallujah of Saddam holdouts and foreign terrorists." Here's raw footage of some of the action in Fallujah that makes the case. Sunday the Bush's attended St. John's church in D.C. Monday, the President announced more Cabinet changes. The following individuals are stepping down. * Colin Powell, Secretary of State * Rod Paige, Secretary of Education * Spencer Abraham, Secretary of Energy * Ann Veneman, Secretary of Agriculture ABC News is reporting that Bush is nominating Condi...

WASHINGTON, June 22 — The Bush administration announced Tuesday that it had completed one of the biggest changes in the history of the food stamp program, replacing paper coupons with electronic benefits and debit cards. At the same time, the administration said it wanted to rename the program because the term "food stamps" had become an anachronism. It is inviting the public to suggest how to update the name of a program that became a permanent part of the government, and the nation's vocabulary, during Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society era. Electronic benefits have replaced food stamp coupons in all...

WASHINGTON (Talon News) -- On Sunday, busloads of hostile demonstrators converged on the Washington, DC home of President Bush's chief political strategist, Karl Rove. Several hundred people carrying signs surrounded the house, pounding on the windows and shouting slogans. The protest was organized by National People's Action, a coalition of groups whose advocacy includes rights for illegal immigrants and increased government funding for a wide range of social programs. The philosophy of their confrontational tactics is embodied in their official song: "Who's on your hit list NPA? Who's on your hit list for today? Take no prisoner, take no names....

The first U.S. case of the deadly mad cow disease, which devastated parts of the European agriculture industry in the 1990s, was found in a sick animal in Washington state, a top U.S. official said on Tuesday. The announcement led to an immediate drop in the shares of fast food companies such as McDonald's, and analysts in Chicago predicted beef and grain prices would fall sharply. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman said the disease was discovered in a Holstein cow in Washington state. The animal was a "downer," one that is too sick to walk, she said. Mad cow disease, also...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The first case of mad cow disease in the United States, revealed Tuesday, will likely have a devastating impact on U.S. cattle prices and could pummel the shares of companies like meat packer Tyson Foods Inc.and hamburger chain McDonald's Corp. (MCD.N), industry analysts said on Tuesday.``It is a big deal. Consumers cut back on consumption and countries, for safety reasons, embargo beef from the affected country,'' said Joe Kropf, livestock analyst with Kansas City-based Kropf and Love Consulting.U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman confirmed a Holstein in Washington state has tested positive for mad cow, or bovine spongiform...

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...

Hate The Corporation, Love The Hunger Posted On June 25, 2003 It turns out that the motley crew of organic farmers, anarchists, celebrity chefs and wild-eyed Luddites holding "teach-ins," getting themselves arrested, and running around naked in Sacramento this week don't like corporations. Who would have guessed? "Feed the needy, not the greedy," read one placard hoisted near where agricultural ministers from hundreds of countries are meeting to consider the benefits of genetically enhanced crops. "Beat Back the Corporate Attack," demonstrators chanted. "Entire populations are being put at risk simply for corporate economic benefit," one protestor told the San...

Filed at 8:44 p.m. ET WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Agriculture Department has failed to adequately answer questions about how the agency handled a recall of 19 million pounds of contaminated hamburger meat, four members of Congress said in a letter to Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman. The four lawmakers -- Reps. Henry Waxman, D-Calif.; Mary Kaptur, D- Ohio; Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn.; and Sen. Richard Durbin R-Ill. -- demanded in a letter Thursday that the agency explain why it failed to quickly recall the meat after initial tests showed it was contaminated with E. coli bacteria. They said Elsa Murano, the department's...

A sluggish investigation by the Agriculture Department into evidence that tainted meat had entered the marketplace exposed thousands of consumers to potentially deadly bacteria, possibly contributing to some illnesses, members of Congress said yesterday. Though federal law requires daily inspections, nearly 100 days elapsed from when ConAgra Beef began producing the questionable beef and last week, when the department announced the second-largest meat recall, Democrats in the House and Senate pointed out. "The long delay between contamination and recall is striking," the Democrats, including Senator Richard J. Durbin of Illinois and Representative Henry A. Waxman of California, wrote in a...