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Anything is going to change between the united states and uganda including how much foreign aid we give them. u.s. foreign aid to that country is $485 million in this current fiscal year according to the state department. today in congress, there was a move toward answering that burning question about what happens next when the chairman of the senate judiciary committee patrick leahy said he would oppose any further aid to the ugandan government. he said, "until the united states has undergone a...

Is $485 million in this current fiscal year according to the state department. today in congress, there was a move toward answering that burning question about what happens next when the chairman of the senate judiciary committee patrick leahy said he would oppose any further aid to the ugandan government. he said, "until the united states has undergone a review of our relationship." secretary of state john kerry did say yesterday the u.s. would begin an internal review of our relationship and e...

It unless the programs run out or unless the programs gradually are reduced to give them an incentive to go out and try and work instead of taking welfare. >> do you think this administration has helped the very poor? are they better off when they were seven years ago or are they worse off? >> i think the poor are worse off under this administration based upon just one statistic. the number of people that are now on food stamps and the number of people that are gone on food stamps in the last fo...

It unless the programs run out or unless the programs gradually are reduced to give them an incentive to go out and try and work instead of taking welfare. >> do you think this administration has helped the very poor? are they better off when they were seven years ago or are they worse off? >> i think the poor are worse off under this administration based upon just one statistic. the number of people that are now on food stamps and the number of people that are gone on food stamps in the last fo...

Requests by media organizations. hes accused of organizing the killing of a semi pro football player odin lloyd last month. martha: new reaction from the white house after the egyptian militarys ouster of president mohammed morsi. white house press secretary jay carney says the obama administration is not willing to call this move a coup. >> well take the time necessary to review what has taken place and monitor effort by egyptian authorities to forge an inclose yuf and democratic way forward. i...

That tens of millions of egyptians have grievances and dont believe this was a coup. they were demanding a new government. it wouldnt be in the best interests of the united states to immediately change our assistance programs to egypt. >> here with reaction to the crisis in cairo and more, kentucky senator rand paul. thank you for joining us. lets start this out right away. this was a coup in cairo, in egypt? >> absolutely. when the military takes over and they depose an elect government, thats ...

Wanting to cut $20 billion over ten years from the federal food stamp program. and if they get their way, about 2 million people, 4% of participants would lose their food stamp eligibility. my commentary got a fair amount of response, including this tweet from my friend tim carnie. are you predicting that many americans will now die of hunger, suffer malnutrition? in all honesty, i think people have that reaction a lot. this is the richest country in the world. its true, we dont have people lite...

Those 17 million often had to skip meals reduce the size of their meals or even go without eating for an entire day. >> the assistance programs in the united states are very hard to qualify for. its like either youre starving or you dont get any help. what defines starving? if you dont eat for a day are you starving? in their eyes no, in your eyes and the way you feel, of course. >> there are still, though, hunger truthers out there who believe that if you cant survive off food stamps youre inte...

>> the assistance programs in the united states are very hard to qualify for. its like either youre starving or you dont get any help. what defines starving? if you dont eat for a day are you starving? in their eyes no, in your eyes and the way you feel, of course. >> there are still, though, hunger truthers out there who believe that if you cant survive off food stamps youre intentionally buying overpriced foods and shopping at high priced chains. most people dont realize that the average food ...

Struggles of the assistance program. >> the assistance programs in the united states are very hard to quaul dpi for. its like either youre starving or you dont get any help. what defines starving? like, if you dont eat for a day, are you starving? in their eyes, no. but in your eyes and the way you feel, of course. >> well, millions of americans dont have enough to eat, the government spent over $15 billion in 2011 alone subsidizing a food system that overproduces the worst types of foods, encou...