“USA Maritime is severely disappointed that the Obama Administration has moved forward with this misguided proposal to effectively eliminate the long-standing and successful Food for Peace program,” said James L. Henry, chairman of USA Maritime. “Despite recent letters from Congress to the White House that demonstrate strong, bipartisan support for this program, the Administration is still advocating an unnecessary and harmful change to our flagship international aid program. We continue to view this proposal as shortsighted and seriously damaging to both national security and merchant mariner jobs.”
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