Obama: US Will Double International Food Aid

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http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.8e5b6c259c1f31a748f8b67d55c59aff.831&show_article=1


US to double international food aid: Obama
Apr 2 01:11 PM US/Eastern


President Barack Obama announced Thursday that US food and agriculture aid to Africa, Latin America and other poor regions would double to more than one billion dollars because of the economic crisis.

Obama said that he would start work with Congress in the coming days to give 448 million dollars in immediate assistance to vulnerable populations -- such as those in Africa and Latin America.

He added that he aimed to "double support for agricultural development to over one billion dollars so that we are giving people the tools they need to lift themselves out of poverty".