(Source: President of the United States) The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release June 28, 2013 Since coming into office in 2009, President Obama has made global food security a foreign policy priority. At last year's Camp David G-8 Summit, President Obama joined with other G-8 leaders, African heads of state, the African Union and private sector leaders in launching the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition, with an ambitious pledge to lift 50 million people out of poverty in sub-Saharan Africa by 2022. Over the last year, the President also welcomed the commitment of the American people to food security and improved nutrition -- U.S. based...
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