The administration is taking a different strategy because it got a lot of flak last year for trying to decimate an existing program that's successful and has a lot of support. |
The upshot is that US AID is making plans to eliminate about 17 countries out of 32 for the food aid programs. |
To fund the program adequately, $2 billion is needed, so a targeted program for vulnerable populations will continue, even while emergency needs continue to require about $1.5 billion each year. |