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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ellen Knickmeyer and Matthew Lee

Trump administration says it cut funding to some life-saving UN food programs by mistake

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The State Department said Tuesday that it had rolled back an undisclosed number of sweeping funding cuts to U.N. World Food Program emergency projects in 14 impoverished countries, saying it had terminated some of the contracts for life-saving aid by mistake.

“There were a few programs that were cut in other countries that were not meant to be cut, that have been rolled back and put into place,” State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce told reporters.

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