One of Tennessee’s most prominent Republicans has been touring famine-stricken parts of the Horn of Africa with White House officials.
Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist appears side-by-side with the Vice President’s wife – Jill Biden – in a video produced by the Democratic Administration.
“In America, I get asked all the time, why should I put my investment, my tax dollars into people around the world. This trip is important so that the American people understand their past investments will alleviate suffering in the future.”
In the last 90 days, drought and famine in Somalia have killed 29,000 children under the age of five, according U.S. estimates. The U.S. Agency for International Development is the single largest donor in the region.
Being “out of politics” himself, Frist says on his blog Jill Biden was the “perfect leader for the delegation,” adding that she’s not in the “political hotbed.” As part of the trip, the two are also trying to raise private funds through USAID.
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