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Bush: $770M Needed For Food Aid

Posted May 1, 08 3:40 PM CDT in US,  World 

(Newser) – Amid rising food prices and overtaxed international reserves, President Bush proposed a new $770 million aid package today, Reuters reports. The money is part of a supplemental $70 billion measure that also includes Iraq war funding and would require a vote in Congress.

Bush pushed through a $200 million emergency measure two weeks ago without congressional oversight, AP reports. "I think more needs to be done,” he said today. “I'm asking Congress to provide an additional $770 million to support food aid and development programs.”

Sources Reuters, Associated Press

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