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What did the protection of agriculture and food have to do with Ann Veneman?
Within weeks after taking office, Ann Veneman confronted the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Europe, prompting stronger sanitary and phytosanitary measures.
What year was when Ann Veneman was sworn in and then within weeks had to deal with the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Europe?
Sworn in as the first female Secretary of USDA on January 20, 2001, Ann Veneman presided over one of the most historic times in American agriculture.

Question: what else did ann had to do with this?
Self-contained rewrite: What else did Ann Veneman have to do with dealing with the protection of agriculture and food besides dealing with food and mouth disease within weeks of taking office?