24.10.2008 - 'We treated food crops as commodities' - Clinton
From Nzherald.co.nz: Today's global food crisis shows "we all blew it, including me when I was president," by treating food crops as commodities instead of as a vital right of the world's poor, Bill Clinton told a UN gathering on Thursday. The former president, addressing a high-level event marking Oct. 16's World Food Day, also saluted US President George W. Bush - "one thing he got right" - for pushing for a change in US food-aid policy. He chided the bipartisan coalition in the US Congress that killed the idea. .... Full Article: Source
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