Dividing his country along sectarian lines. South sudans president signed a peace deal aimed at ending two years of violence. He signed the agreement in the capital. But hes expressed reservations whether it will end his countrys civil war. The u. N. Security council threatened immediate action if he failed to agree to the deal. The peace accord includes a new powersharing agreement. And it opens the way for rebel fighters to be reintegrated into the army. Both sides agreed to a cease fire and eventually leading to the creation of a demilitarized zone. They are to take responsibility for the war unconditionally apologizing for the tens of thousands of people killed. Reporter now 20 months later, more than 200,000 people are still living under the protection of the u. N. What began as a site between soldiers killed and injured thousands of people, the violence didnt stop in the capital. It spread from town to town destroying neighborhoods and leaving tens of thousands of dead in its wak
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Of criticism for targeting these programs that provide billions of dollars in federal funding for Public School programs. At the se time, he proposed a investment in School Choice, which is the next spansion the expansion of Charter Schools and private schools, even choice among private Public Schools. Some of the programs targeted that stirred up a lot of controversy included more than 2 billion for teacher training and classroom reduction. It is a Popular Program. Studies about this program have showed mixed results. It is on the chopping block for the Top Administration and trumpicans in Progress Administration and republicans in congress. Congressman like reblican lou barletta, who supported President Trump saying this is a bad idea. You cannot cut these funds for afterschool programs. In general, republicans have shown a hesitancy to fund to back some of these cuts. Earlier this year we saw a republican senator tell education secretary diverse that that hist devos budget is hard t
Conversation with him live sunday at noon eastern on book tvs in depth on cspan2. Detroit news reported this week that some faculty and students at Michigan State University Want the schools president to rescind an invitation for education secretary betsy devos to speak at the grand opening of the universitys grand rapids at Research Center later this month. They say she has an enemy of Public Education. Secretary devos is scheduled to speak september 20. How to fund education, the Education Department, and federal programs in 2018 is pending before congress. Here is an update. President trump has requested 1. 1 trillion dollars and his 2018 federal budget. Of that, the president would like the Education Department to receive 59 billion. That is a cut from 2017. This is just a guideline. Congress gets to decide with what the final number is. Joining us from politico is caitlin emma. With the nearly 14 cut in Education Funding by the president , which programs would be affected . Presid
Emergency food aid over 2 billion annually. Sadly, despite the generosity there are shortfalls from what is needed due to other nations not fully meeting the challenge. And next years deliberations we have an opportunity to do more with having, without having to spend more money. Half of which must be shipped according to cargo preference rules. These restrictions result in spending as little as 35 to 40 cents on the dollar on food. Let me say this one more time. Because of these ridiculous requirements, only 35 to 40 cents of each dollar is actually used to provide food to people who are starving. If we relax the preference to meet the needs overseas, the overhead costs would drop dramatically. U. S. Farmers would still play a vital role in th the program ane would free up over 300 million in taxes to feed up to 9. 5 million more starving people each year. One of the major obstacles to modernizing food for peace are those who continue to support and profit from cargo preference rules.