WASHINGTON – In case you missed it, U.S. Senators Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.), both members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (Sen. Corker is the committee’s Chair) published an op-ed in today’s New York Times about their recent trip to the world’s largest refugee settlement at Bidi Bidi in northern Uganda.
Read the full op-ed here: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/10/opinion/a-better-way-to-help-the-world.html?ref=opinion&_r=0.
Excerpts from Sen Corker and Coons’ op-ed:
“When many Americans think of famine, they might picture parched fields or dried-up riverbeds caused by drought. But most famines are not natural disasters; they are man-made, the result of war and violence. The fighting in South Sudan, and the ripple of misery it has generated into surrounding countries, are no exception.”
“The United States contributes at least a third of food aid dollars spent globally, but we cannot tackle this challenge alone. In addition to using current resources more efficiently, we must also exert American leadership and call on other countries to step up their efforts by donating desperately needed resources to avert further suffering, violence, and instability.”
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