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It takes four months to ship food aid and 40 percent of the cost is in the shipping. People cannot eat shipping costs. We have had people die when there are surpluses in the markets.

Andrew Natsios

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Andrew Natsios
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: September 22
Politician
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
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Ship
Four
Costs
Dies
Ships
Cannot
Aids
People
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Surpluses
Months
Shipping
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Surplus
Food
Markets

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