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Eliot Engel: “U.S. agriculture has a real and enduring self-interest reason for being in alliance with hungry people around the world.”

On the recordOctober 6, 2015
U.S. agriculture has a real and enduring self-interest reason for being in alliance with hungry people around the world.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizing the importance of U.S. agriculture in global food aid efforts.

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