NEWS
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Ranking Republican
CONTACT: Sam
Stratman, (202) 226-7875, May 30, 2007
Lee Cohen, (202 226-1139
For IMMEDIATE Release
Ros-Lehtinen Praises Proposed HIV/AIDS Funding Increase
“…an opportunity to do
something truly compassionate and significant”
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The spread of HIV/AIDS has become
one of the most significant moral and security challenges confronting our world
today. The announcement by President Bush will allow us to continue, and
even increase, our efforts to combat the human suffering caused
by this deadly pandemic.
Millions of people are alive today because of ongoing
The President's announcement is a clear recognition of the need for a
long-term commitment in this struggle and an opportunity to do
something truly compassionate and of significant and lasting importance for the
world’s most vulnerable people.
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