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Article: SENATORS ASK BUSH TO INCLUDE CANNED FOODS IN SOVIET AID
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- November 27, 1991
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SENATORS ASK BUSH TO INCLUDE CANNED FOODS IN SOVIET AID
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, 22 U.S. Senators sent a letter to President George Bush encouraging the administration to include canned foods in the winter aid package to the Soviet republics. The letter said that distribution of canned foods, which are precooked and shelf-stable, would help feed the Soviet people while grain for the aid program is shipped and processed.
This effort, spearheaded by Sens. John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.) and David Durenberger (R-Minn.), focuses on the United States' ability to provide immediate assistance to the Soviet people, while benefiting a broad U.S. ...