Dr. Helene Gayle, President and CEO of CARE, speaks during a news conference in Washington, D.C.
News Headlines: Aug. 16, 2007
The New York Times: CARE Turns Down Federal Funds for Food Aid — "CARE, one of the world's biggest charities, is walking away from some $45 million a year in federal financing ... [Its] decision is focused on the practice of selling tons of often heavily subsidized American farm products in African countries that in some cases, it says, compete with the crops of struggling local farmers."
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