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Secretary Powell To Travel to Europe, Middle East
Spokesman Richard Boucher (July 23): "[T]he Secretary will travel (beginning) July 26th... to Hungary, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Poland. In the Middle East, Secretary Powell will discuss with our close friends there the situation in Iraq, cooperation in the war on terror, the situation between the Israelis and the Palestinians and the opportunities created by the Gaza withdrawal and the issue of reform in the Broader Middle East and North Africa." [full text]
 Sudan: Situation in Darfur
Secretary Powell (July 22): "[W]e'll be working with the international community to make sure that the food is moving, the medicines are moving, humanitarian workers are coming into the region to build up as rapidly as possible.... [T]he burden for ... providing security rests fully on the Sudanese Government. They have the responsibility. They have been supporting and sustaining some of these jingaweit elements. This has to end." [full text; more on Sudan]
 50 Years of Food for Peace
Secretary Powell (July 21): "For 50 years ... the Food for Peace program has embodied the generosity and compassion of the American people. For over five decades, we have given more than 100 million tons of American food aid to save countless lives and to restore hope in 150 different countries around the world." [full text; brochure]
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| | |  | |  The task of disabling, dismantling, and removing North Korea’s nuclear programs is much larger and more complex than it was for Libya, so the sooner it can get started, the better.
The U.S. has tripled the amount of aid originally designated for Haiti this fiscal year.
The Millennium Challenge program provides development assistance to help recipient countries attract investment and trade.
| | New Background Notes have been posted for Ecuador, Grenada, Malawi, and South Africa.
A recently released USAID report, "A Year in Iraq," states that $3.3 billion in U.S. aid fixed schools, vaccinated millions of children, restored electricity and created Iraq’s first democratic councils.
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