Jul 10th, 2009 | L'AQUILA, Italy -- President Barack Obama says wealthy countries have a moral obligation to fight poverty and hunger around the world.
He says there are national security reasons for these nations to help boost food supplies, too.
The U.S. president spoke Friday at a news conference at the end of a summit of the Group of Eight developed nations in Italy. He said world leaders had agreed to invest $20 billion to combat world hunger.
Obama says he understands the issue in personal terms.
The president, whose father was Kenyan, says he still has relatives living in villages where hunger is a reality.
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