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Debt At Home, Famine Abroad: America's Aid Dilemma

By NPR Staff
Published August 16, 2011 at 9:00 AM PDT
This story was published more than 13 years ago.
Children from southern Somalia line up to receive cooked food in Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, Aug. 15, 2011. The U.N. estimates that only 20 percent of people needing aid are getting it in Somalia.
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Children from southern Somalia line up to receive cooked food in Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, Aug. 15, 2011. The U.N. estimates that only 20 percent of people needing aid are getting it in Somalia.

Despite media reports that food aid for Somalians is being stolen, a bipartisan congressional committee is calling for more U.S. dollars to be sent to the African country. Guest host Tony Cox speaks with members of the House Subcommittee on African and Global Health: Rep. Christopher Smith (R-N.J.) and Rep. Donald Payne (D-N.J.).

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