A famous World War II slogan was, "Food will win the war and write the peace." Today, the House of Representatives, with its budget proposal, has a new take on this slogan: No food. The House is planning over $800 million in cuts to international food aid programs.
Richard Leach, of the World Food Program USA, said, "never before have I seen Congress propose these kinds of budget cuts to life-saving global hunger programs. Never." The food aid reductions will slash the U.S. Food for Peace and McGovern-Dole international school meals programs, all this with a global hunger crisis afflicting nearly 1 billion people worldwide.
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