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Quoted: Preventing the next famine


September 8, 2011
By The IRC

In Dadaab in northeastern Kenya, the IRC gives fortified food to malnourished young children whose families are fleeing drought and famine in Somalia.

Photo: Peter Biro/IRC

 

“[W]e are still heartbroken each time we see pictures from the latest famine in East Africa. But with a small, efficient investment in cutting-edge programs today, we can work towards a day when these devastating images are seen in history books rather than the evening news. That is an investment worthy of America.”
 
-- International Rescue Committee president George Rupp and former Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman in an op-ed published Tuesday on the Fox News website.  
 
Viewing note: George Rupp and Dan Glickman will discuss their opinion piece and the crisis in East Africa live on the Foxnews.com website, this Friday morning, September 9, at 9:30am. The interview and the opinion piece will subsequently be posted on the Fox News website.
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