Even critics of the program in Kansas show a bit of sympathy for this global sign of good will that shares local wheat with some of the poorest parts of the world.
Here's a bit about a recent exchange along with defense of the funding pause . . .
The Food for Peace program is part of the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, which Trump and Musk are in the process of shutting down. The federal government's webpage for the Food for Peace program appears to no longer exist, and neither does the rest of the USAID website.
Speaking with reporters in Topeka on Monday, U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, acknowledged the state's ties to Food for Peace while alleging that USAID was plagued by improper payments.
"It's something that I want to be part of, but I want it to be efficient, and I don't want the thugs stealing the food and stealing the money as well," Marshall said in response to a question from The Capital-Journal. "So I think there's a right way to do it; there's a wrong way to do it. I think it's very good to take a pause on all of our money that we're sending outside of this country.
"Let's make America first again. Let's get our own house in order."
Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .
Are Trump and Musk ending a Kansas legacy by shuttering USAID's Food for Peace?
Elon Musk and President Donald Trump are shutting down USAID, a federal foreign aid agency that houses Food for Peace, which has a Kansas history.
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