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Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman announced details of relief bill worth $752 million for states hit by the West's worst drought in a century during an afternoon conference call with journalists in Washington Thursday Sept. 19, 2002. At left, Rep. John Thune, R-S.D. Ann Veneman announced Wednesday, Sept. 18, that she has an early form of breast cancer and would begin treatment this week. (AP Photos/Evan Vucci)