Senate Panel Wants More AIDS Foreign Aid

WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats are cutting President Bush's marquee foreign aid program to funnel more money to fight AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in Africa and elsewhere. The Senate Appropriations Committee is slated Thursday to cut Bush' $3 billion request for the Millennium Challenge Corporation to $1.4 billion. The program channels foreign aid to countries implementing economic and political reforms but has been slow to disburse prior appropriations. Full story...

Flashback - May 30, 2007
Bush Seeks $30 BILLION on AIDS, Family Planning Scheme
By Michael A. Fletcher / The Washington Post
President Bush will call on Congress today to provide $30 billion toward battling the global AIDS crisis over the first five years after he leaves office, according to senior administration officials, a doubling of the current U.S. commitment.

December 03, 2006
Bush: Throw More Money at HIV/AIDS Pandemic
President Bush marked Worlds AIDS Day on Friday by declaring: "The pandemic of HIV/AIDS can be defeated." The Bush initiative committed $15 billion over five years to support treatment for 2 million people, prevention for 7 million and care for 10 million.

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