奥巴马提出2014财年预算(2/2)

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概述：奥巴马提出2014财年的预算，其中改革或面临国会的否决。
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United States Merchant Marine
Lee Kincaid
American Maritime Congress
Rajiv Shah
United States Agency for International Development
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And shipping food aid helps support the United States Merchant Marine. Lee Kincaid heads the American Maritime Congress, a shipping industry group. He says the Merchant Marine is important to national security.
"It's the U.S. Merchant Marine, the U.S. mariners that actually carried the U.S. goods into the war zones. So any impact whatsoever, any loss of ships, any loss of the ship's crews will be detrimental not only to the security of the world, but the security of the United States."
Rajiv Shah is head of the United States Agency for International Development. He says lifting farmers in developing countries out of poverty would make the world safer. And he says the president's proposal would do that more effectively than current operations.
"The one thing I think is inexcusable is promoting inefficiency in trying to accomplish something that's so profound as saving these lives."
Experts say changes to the 60-year-old food aid program face opposition in Congress.同时，通过海运方式进行粮食援助也有利于美国商船队。海运业组织“美国海事大会”的主席李·金凯德表示，美国商船队对国家安全来说至关重要。
实质上是美国商船队及其海员把美国的物资运送到了战争区域，所以不论是船只还是船员损伤所造成的任何影响，不仅会对世界安全，还会对美国安全造成伤害。
美国国际开发署署长拉吉夫·夏哈称，帮助发展中国家的农民脱离贫困会使世界更为安全。他还表示，总统的提案比起目前的措施会更有成效。
“我认为不可原谅的一件事是在实现如挽救生命这种意义重大的事情上不断推行这种无效行为。”
专家称，对这个有着60年历史的粮食援助项目进行改革面临着国会的反对。