The bag of green peas, stamped "USAID From the American People," took more than six months to reach Haylar Ayako. For seven of his grandchildren, that was a lifetime. They died as the peas journeyed from North Dakota to southern Ethiopia. During that time, American growers, processors and transporters that profit from aid shipments were fighting off a proposal before Congress to speed deliveries. |
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.