Effective humanitarian assistance and development programs save not just money but save lives, and it is in the national security interests of the American people and the Europeans.
Beasley emphasizes the importance of humanitarian aid for national security.
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where there is hunger there is migration and extremism and that food security programs are a powerful weapon against these forces.
We get 50 percent of our grains out of the Ukraine-Russia area. It's going to have a dramatic impact on food cost, shipping cost, oil, and fuel. This is a catastrophe on top of a catastrophe.
The question to me, to you is how quickly can you react in the major producing countries to offset not just Ukraine, but the crises that we are facing around the world.
if you don't have food security, you are not going to have any other security.