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Tim Kaine: “The biscuits could feed at least 27,000 acutely malnourished…”

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

Published | Video Starts at 01:22

Finally, nearly 500 tons of high energy biscuits stored at a USAID warehouse in Dubai are due to expire in July. According to a former USAID official, The biscuits could feed at least 27,000 acutely malnourished children for a month. The biscuits are now likely to be destroyed or turned into animal feed. That article was from two months ago. (01:22–01:28)

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