The humanitarian response mechanism for the U.S. government is now ramping up to a much higher level of readiness,

If you put too much aid too quickly into weak institutions, where there isn't capacity, you have corruption, and the programs don't work.

If the WFP operation is no longer in place, with its full complement of international staff, there will be no way to even minimally assure that this food gets to its intended recipients,

If the World Food Program leaves, we're leaving,

If you don't have those other conditions, you can put huge amounts of money into aid programs and they'll be ineffective.

They are going to shut down the World Food Program efforts at the end of this year, which we think is a mistake.

This fund will mainly help pay salaries of government officials and equip their offices.

the most generous and the most extensive in American history for the U.S. government.

The money was committed on Sunday when the emergency took place,

Andy has tried to resign several times but the president just would not have it.