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The Journey Home - 2014-1-13- Sara Piazza - revert from Judaism Marcus welcomes Sara Piazza, a revert from Judaism, to discuss what led her back to the Catholic faith. By: EWTN
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Posted By richards on January 14, 2014
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti The idea that the delivery of American food aid needs an overhaul goes almost without question here in the capital of a nation still recovering from the devastating earthquake of four years ago.
Farmers in Haiti and many of their counterparts in the United States are joining foreign aid organizations calling on the United States to stop sending American crops to Haiti through what many critics say is the deeply flawed and wasteful strategy of the current, multi-billion-dollar US Department of Agriculture Food for Peace program.
"Unfortunately US policy doesnt consider first the political interests of farmers abroad, but of its own, said Camille Chalmers, director of a Haitian farmers association.
But now there is a chance to change that, he added.
A consensus has formed that something needs to be done to end the unintended consequence of food aid that actually ends up hurting some of the worlds most vulnerable people in developing nations like Haiti, where local farmers cant compete against less expensive US crops.
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The turning point in the debate over US food aid came when the US Agency for International Development (USAID)the entity that oversees foreign aidadmitted the program is flawed, urging Congress to permit the agency to send cash rather than food to nations in need. Agency officials believe they could feed 2 to 4 million more people per year if they were allowed to spend more of their budget on procuring food aid locally in the countries where it is needed (another study put the figure of additional beneficiaries even higher, at 4 to 10 million people).
In Washington, the proposed reforms have been gaining support among legislators on both sides of the aisle: Democrats who defend US foreign aid spending and want to see the money stretch further, and Republicans concerned foremost with fiscal responsibility want to tighten up a wasteful program. Several libertarian-leaning think tanks including The Heritage Foundation, Cato Institute and Taxpayers for Common Sense support cash over food because it gives individuals in developing nations the ability choose for themselves what sorts of food to buy.
Even American farmerswho ostensibly have the most to lose if the program were to cease purchasing US cropshave come out in favor of the reforms, led by a letter from the president of the National Farmers Union.
President Barack Obama proposed an even more radical reform: removing food aid from the Farm Bill altogether, placing it instead in the international disaster assistance budget and two other funds so as to avoid the Title II restrictions entirely.
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Posted By admin on January 14, 2014
Ariel Sharon explains Gaza withdrawal at AIPAC; would suffer stroke 8-months later http://JooTube.TV Prime Minister Ariel Sharon: "I came here from Jerusalem, the eternal, united and undivided capital of the State of Israel and the Jewish p...
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anne frank The Anne Frank House Authorized Graphic Biography This is a other school book project just this one is on Anne Frank.
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Miley Cyrus - Gaza Wrecking Ball In August 2005, the State of Israel forcefully evacuated 9000 Jews from the Gush Katif "Harvest Belt" of Gaza and from northern Samaria. Orange was the colo... By: Orit Arfa
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Posted By admin on January 13, 2014
Sharon #39;s death divides former Gaza settlers While many in Israel proudly refer to Ariel Sharon as the #39;bulldozer #39;, other Israelis remember him... euronews, the most watched news channel in Europe Subsc...
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UN inquiry finds Israel guilty of Gaza war crimes Sherine Tadros reports on the UN inquiry that finds Israel guilty of Gaza war crimes.
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Posted By admin on January 13, 2014
Israel #39;s war leaves thousands displaced in Gaza Sherine Tadros reports Israel #39;s war that leaves thousands of displaced people in Gaza. By: The War Around Us
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A Final Word on Zionism After this video, I am DONE with this issue. God bless and love you all. By: RevelationNews
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