I think that it is clear that the $125 million in "food for sale" and $30 million in the "food. humanitarian" categories also have had military purposes. The larger of the two categories. corresponding to title I of the foodforpeace program. relieves pressure on El Salvadors international and domestic budgets just as surely as cash transfers do: the Salvadoran Government saves dollars by getting the food as aid. and raises colones by selling the food in the country. The smaller category. corresponding to title II of the foodforpeace program. is usually completely humanitarian. and distributed to needy people in refugee camps. In El Salvador. though. there are disturbing reports from field workers that the army is withholding the food from some areas to force people to leave them. Equally disturbing reports reveal that this type of food aid is sometimes cut off to force refugees back into conflict zones. In both cases. there can be no doubt that the food aid is being used to further a military strategy. I ask unanimous consent to include in the RECORD of my remarks an article from the Christian Science Monitor titled "U.S.
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