Obama, Bush, Clinton, Activists To Participate In World AIDS Day Talk

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama and two former presidents, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, are joining top anti-AIDS advocates for a panel discussion to observe World AIDS Day.

The discussion will take place Thursday at George Washington University and will be streamed live on YouTube. Bush and Clinton will participate via satellite.

Organizers say they hope to build on progress already made in the fight against the devastating virus. The event is sponsored by two organizations, ONE and (RED), that combat global poverty and AIDS. Among the panelists will be Bono, the lead singer of the band U2 and co-founder of ONE and (RED).

Other participants include Tanzania's President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida and Democratic congresswoman Barbara Lee of California.

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[dans5843]

10:36 AM on 11/30/2011

Cool!
My lover of 20 years was lost 21 years ago to HIV.
I still miss you Dan Wardle, Love Ron

[Una Bubba]

04:59 PM on 11/29/2011

For those who enjoy recreationally picking on George Bush Jr, here's one of the things he got right. Though it is difficult to see any benefit from the vast majority of the foreign aid we send overseas, the AIDS effort in Africa he funded and supported has resulted in tens of thousands of lives saved.

He said it, he meant it and he funded it. Don't believe me? Ask anyone who's arrived in the US from Africa in the past decade.

[UnRed]

08:40 AM on 12/01/2011

He might have given drugs but his insistence on "abstinence only" policies tied to that aid did incalculable damage and don't try to deny it.

http://prospect.org/article/how-bushs-aids-program-failing-africans

[StarGazr5992]

12:53 PM on 11/29/2011

That's got to burn bush's butt

[hanspij]

12:33 PM on 11/29/2011

They better invite the pope. Let he tel his ppl to get the condom for free in Africa