On the recordJanuary 27, 1976
U.S. food aid represented about 40 percent of the total supplied by the international community.
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presidency.ucsb.eduU.S. food aid represented about 40 percent of the total supplied by the international community.
Message to the Congress Transmitting Annual Report on the Food for Peace Program
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