Kucinich on World AIDS Day
The following is a press release from December 1, 2003, by the Kucinich campaign
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Kucinich on World AIDS Day
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 1, 2003
Presidential Candidate Dennis Kucinich today released the following statement:
"The Secretary General of the United Nations has called on world leaders to aggressively combat the AIDS epidemic that is devastating Africa and making serious inroads in Asia and around the world. Kofi Annan has lamented the lack of world leadership on this issue. He is right to complain. AIDS has taken 28 million lives since 1981. That's more than the soldiers who have been killed in some of the biggest wars in human history. But, in contrast to the U.S. Pentagon budget of $400 billion plus additional hundreds of billions for particular wars, President Bush pledged only $3 billion for the fight against AIDS in his State of the Union address and then proposed only $2 billion in his budget request. Senator Dick Durbin, Illinois, introduced an amendment adding an extra $289 million and shamed the Republican leadership into supporting the measure. But this is far from sufficient.
"I am joining AIDSvote.org in committing to invest at least $30 billion over the four years of my first term as president to the global fight against AIDS. As president, I will work to repeal trade agreements that impede access to affordable generic drugs. I will work to cause the IMF and the World Bank to reduce and eventually eliminate the debt that takes poor nations' resources away from crises like AIDS. I will focus America's leadership on addressing and ending this epidemic."
For Rep. Kucinich's Schedule: http://www.kucinich.us/schedule.htm.
Contact: David Swanson 202-329-7847 swanson@kucinich.us.
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