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Stephen Morrison, director of the CSIS Africa Program, was quoted by the Washington Post, "U.S. Scrambles to Address International Food Crisis."
April 26, 2008

Author:

Dan Eggen

Associated Programs:

Africa Notes

Related Research Focus:

Africa

Experts :

J. Stephen Morrison

Excerpt:

The Bush administration and Congress have been caught flat-footed by rapidly escalating global food prices and are scrambling to respond to a crisis that they increasingly view as a threat to U.S. national security, according to government officials, congressional staffers and human rights experts. [ . . .]

J. Stephen Morrison, head of the Africa program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said the United States deserves credit for its generosity but should do far more in the current crisis. He and other experts said an outpouring of assistance could help repair the country's image in the wake of the Iraq war and other international controversies.

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