Sen. Young Says National Security Depends in Part on Food Security

Indiana Senator Todd Young says there’s a direct link between food security and national security, and he’s urging the State Department to reconsider a drastic proposed cut in foreign aid. Young told an Indiana University foreign-affairs conference it’s no coincidence that Yemen is home to both the world’s most severe famine and the most menacing surviving branch of al-Qaeda. He says there’s a measurable psychological trauma associated with going hungry which increases people’s vulnerability to becoming radicalized.