Senators Jack Reed (RI), Carl Levin (MI), and Jon Tester (MT) are traveling this week to Afghanistan, Yemen, and Iraq. A press release stated the senators will gain a "firsthand look at security and political developments in the region and their impact on America’s national security."
The senators also need to focus on the hunger and malnutrition crisis facing these countries, and the fact that the UN World Food Programme (WFP) is facing huge funding shortages for its Yemen and Afghanistan missions. These are two countries with alarmingly high rates of child malnutrition, and where food is desperately needed. In Iraq, WFP is also facing a funding shortage for school feeding and mother/child health initiatives.
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