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Tim Kaine: “In March, there was a request by the World Food Program and…”

Featuring: Tim Kaine, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Virginia

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Senator Tim Kaine Questions Deputy Secretary on US Aid Food Incineration Controversy

Published | Video Starts at 03:58

I view it as an intentional thing because if we suddenly woke up in July. Oh, gosh, the expiration date is today. Yeah. You know, that would be one thing. But In March, there was a request by the World Food Program and others [to distribute the food]. Look, if you're not going to distribute it, maybe you've decided the US that starving kids are no longer your thing. But you have this asset. (03:58–04:04)

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