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What was the first program George McGovern directed related to food and hunger?

  • Food for Peace

  • World Food Programme

  • McGovern-Dole Program

  • United Nations Food and Agriculture

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George McGovern was the first director of the Food for Peace program in 1961. The program aimed to distribute U.S. surpluses to the needy abroad and was instrumental in the creation of the United Nations-run World Food Programme.
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