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On the recordNovember 27, 2012
Last Thursday, most Americans sat down at our dinner tables with our families and enjoyed a great Thanksgiving meal, but that night, 870 million people around the world went to bed hungry and undernourished.
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Ben Cardin
Democratic · Maryland

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Cardin highlights the contrast between American Thanksgiving and global hunger statistics.

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