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I wanted to thank the Erie Times-News for the article on the Bread for the World workshop ("Bread for the World to hold workshop," Erie Times-News, Feb. 23).
Erie Times-News on March 17, 2013
A Plea to Prioritize Poverty Before and After the Election
Earlier this month, President Obama and Mitt Romney took a moment to directly address the high poverty rate in this country. In response to a request from my organization, Bread for the World, and other church groups, the presidential candidates released video statements in which each talked about how he would help hungry and poor people. They clearly have different priorities when it comes to spending and taxes, but both explicitly affirmed the general principle of maintaining a circle of protection around funding that serves the most vulnerable people.
National Journal on September 28, 2012
PEPFAR's vital role in the fight against AIDS
To a large degree, the International AIDS Conference under way in Washington, DC, is a celebration of life. Yes, the deadly disease continues to loom over our world, with no known cure. But HIV/ AIDS is no longer a death sentence—for those who realize that they have the disease and have access to life saving medicines. After doctors began treating HIV with powerful combinations of antiretroviral drugs in 1996, life expectancies for those infected changed from months to a full, normal span.
The Hill on July 25, 2012
Senior advocates fight cuts to nation’s nutrition assistance program
More than 5 million older Americans struggle to put food on the table and another 3.5 million are living in poverty, according to new analysis from Bread for the World, a Christian organization, and one of the country’s largest anti-hunger/anti-poverty advocacy groups.
West Virginia Public Broadcasting on May 14, 2012
DAVID BECKMANN: Una ayuda m?s eficaz para Hait?
Mientras que la atenci?n durante los ?ltimos tres meses se ha centrado en los esfuerzos para ayudar a la recuperaci?n de Hait?, la reconstrucci?n a largo plazo y el desarrollo en la devastada isla ser?n una prueba para reformar el obsoleto sistema de asistencia internacional de Estados Unidos.El Nuevo Herald on April 12, 2010
Sen. Sherrod Brown is at forefront of ending hunger among children
As the health care debate continues, Sen. Sherrod Brown remembers that health starts with good nutrition, and that means providing enough food for the one in five Ohio children at risk of hunger.Cleveland Plain Dealer on December 21, 2009
Reauthorize program to help feed children
The Gazette?s Nov. 19 editorial, ?Putting food on the table,? highlighted the increase in U.S. food insecurity in 2008 but did not include the shocking data on the increase in childhood hunger. Nearly one in four U.S. children last year was food insecure, living in families who were unsure of how to provide their next meal.The Gazette on November 26, 2009
Urge passage of foreign aid bill
With all of the attention in Washington focused on health-care legislation, it is easy for the rest of the important work of our legislators to go unnoticed. However, Sen. Jim DeMint has an opportunity to influence legislation that would reform foreign aid and bring relief and opportunity to poor and hungry people around the world.The Greenville News on November 15, 2009
Support grows to retool foreign aid
Foreign assistance ? the use of U. S. dollars, know-how and leadership to help poor countries ? has been a necessary and effective tool of foreign policy since World War II.Atlanta Journal-Constitution on October 9, 2009
Foreign aid
I am writing regarding your recent editorial ?Work a little bit while Congress rests? (Aug. 10). This is a crucial time for gaining support for both the Initiating Foreign Assistance Reform Act of 2009 (HR 2139) and the Foreign Assistance Revitalization and Accountability Act of 2009 (S. 1524).Baptist Standard on September 3, 2009
Effective and efficient foreign assistance
In the midst of a debate over finding the best way to reform our domestic health care system, it's good to know that there's plenty of activity in Congress to make our Foreign Assistance more efficient and effective.Xenia Daily Gazette on September 1, 2009
Don't drop the global
While our own economic crisis and such things as health-care reform understandably occupy our attention, we must never forget the wider global needs, such as combating hunger, which often have very direct influence on our more local problems.Santa Fe New Mexican on August 23, 2009
Foreign aid is important
In a letter to the editor in Sunday's Washington Post, Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., expressed concern for inefficiency and lack of coordination in American foreign assistance programs.Frederick News-Post on August 22, 2009
Work a little bit while Congress rests
While our emissaries to Washington take a vacation, you and I can do a little work that could improve the lives of millions of people all over the world.Baptist Standard on August 7, 2009
Ayudando a nuestros vecinos
Quiero referirme a su publicaci?n de julio 30/09 "Ayudando a nuestros vecinos" del Dr. David Beckman.La Opinion on August 3, 2009
Why African Americans Should Care About Foreign Assistance Reform
During President Barack Obama?s recent trip to Ghana, he advised Africans to take responsibility for their destiny and stand up against corruption. In turn, African leaders urged the Obama administration to strengthen and improve U.S. foreign assistance.blackcommentator.com on July 30, 2009
Helping Our Neighbors At Home and Abroad
In Chinandega, Nicaragua, widow Nubia Baca has built up a 60-head dairy ranch and a profitable cheese-making business. She now employs six men at her ranch and three women.La Opinion on July 30, 2009
American foreign aid needs reform
There is a vital piece of legislation currently in Congress on foreign assistance called Initiating Foreign Assistance Reform Act, making better use of our taxpayer money. President Kennedy implemented the Foreign Assistance Act in 1961.Springfield News-Leader on July 15, 2009
Mission possible: fixing foreign aid
All across South Carolina and the country, there are thousands of people from churches, synagogues and mosques preparing for, returning from and working through their summer "mission" trips. I know these folks, because I have talked to them in airplanes and airports as a fellow mission project worker. We want to do what we can to make the world a better place. That world may only be a tiny village in Honduras, a bare-bones hospital or infirmary in Africa or a school in Nicaragua.The State online on July 14, 2009
Renew, improve Child Nutrition Act
Too many kids are hungry. Even before the financial crisis, more than one in six Iowa youth (nearly 125,000) lived in families who struggled to provide food. Very few students who receive free or reducedprice school meals are served by summer nutrition programs, so vacation becomes a hunger season.The Gazette on July 13, 2009
Join us June 8-11 in Washington, D.C., for the National Gathering 
