My father is an economist who specialized in foreign food policy, and my mother worked for AID, a … - Jennifer Gilmore

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To have opposition ? We have it, and you can go and meet with them. We have some of them within the government, we have some of them outside the government. They are opposition. We have it.

Jennifer Gilmore

My father is an economist who specialized in foreign food policy, and my mother worked for AID, a branch of the State Department, so food in regards to world affairs was talked about a lot.

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