andrew natsios, tell us more.'s the case for this change that the obama administration wants to make? >> we actually proposed this change ten years ago under president bush. we proposed that 25% of the budget at the time of title ii be used under food for peace for local purchase of food. this is not a partisan issue. if president obama and president bush both support the same reform you have to ask the question who's opposed to it. special interest groups are opposed to it. they killed the legislation then and they're trying to kill it now. the case for it is, one, it takes three to four months to ship food. i ran the program for four years, 25 years ago and then when i was aid administrator for five years. i know exactly how much time it takes because that's the subject i teach, actually. famines, war, and humanitarian assistance. and people die waiting for the food to arrive. i saw people die in somalia waiting for the food to arrive. it's a long, complex process to ship food 7,000 miles from one part of the gl