VOLUME 62 NO. 5 — November-December 2003
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INSIDE THE "USDA NEWS"

  1. Healthy Forests Initiative Becomes Law . . . Firefighter Input is Praised

  2. How We're Shaping Our "Workforce Of The Future"

  3. Secretary Ann M. Veneman

  4. Notes from USDA Headquarters

  5. Employees make these things happen

  6. Administrative nuggets

  7. USDA.... Sponsored Calendar Highlights

  8. Profile Plus More About: Mary Kirtley Waters

  9. Editor's Roundup USDA's people in the news:
    º Kate Coler
    º Curtis Anderson
    º Chester Gipson
    º Jerry Lohfink
    º Randy Moore
    º You might say that Bill Bass has now become a role model — big time — for millions of people across the country.

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