From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point.

School lunches, the food lobby, and the First Lady.

Hello again, I'm Orman Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

With a big push from First Lady Michelle Obama,

new school lunch nutrition standards have taken hold nationwide.

But in some districts, kids are throwing the healthy stuff into the trash cans,

and now the multi-billion dollar processed food industry is raising its voice.

Congress is considering waivers for schools to opt out.

Is it Washington's role to save a new generation from obesity and heart disease?

Why has the School Nutrition Association changed sides? Will kids get the last word on what goes

into their bodies? Today's talking point, the man who fights fraud, waste, and corruption in rebuilding Afghanistan.

First, here's the news.

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Hello again, Warren Alney, back with To the Poet. In New Mexico, kids are missing their white flour tortillas in Tennessee. It's bring back the biscuits in Georgia. It's fried chicken. Nutritional standards for the federal school lunch program don't always go down easy. And the processed food industry is not ready to swallow financial losses either.

We'll hear about a dispute that goes from school cafeterias to Capitol Hill to the White House.

Today's talking point, Afghanistan is known for corruption. Some U.S. contractors and government employees have taken full advantage.

We'll talk with a man who's trying to save billions in American taxpayer dollars.

First is news update. President Obama is touring Europe in part to bolster security in the aftermath of Russia's aggressiveness in Ukraine and its takeover of Crimea. In Warsaw, Poland today, he said

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