MrsSpringsteen
Blue Crack Addict
I got this e-mail from him..(Ok I know it's not really from him, just a form letter ) because he is one of the people I e-mailed about it.
I admit I haven't gone to his site to read more, but I will. I need to know the position of all the candidates on this issue, w/ SPECIFICS.
Anyway, if anyone's interested, here's the e-mail
Dear Friend,
I applaud your commitment to stopping the global spread of AIDS, and I share your dedication to slowing its deadly march.
As president, I will put the full support of the United States government behind all possible efforts to stop the scourge of AIDS at home and abroad. I am proud to have been the first presidential candidate to support the "Presidential Pledge to Action on Global AIDS," which includes a commitment to provide $30 billion by 2008 to fully fund the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria; additional funds for AIDS orphans and vulnerable children; support for HIV/AIDS prevention programs; and expanded research toward an AIDS vaccine. Additionally, the pledge supports deeper and broader debt cancellation for all impoverished nations engaged in the fight against AIDS, and it promotes developing nations' access to essential medicines, including low-cost, quality medicine.
The scourge of AIDS must be recognized for what it is: a global problem affecting every country, including the United States. In last year's State of the Union address, President Bush pledged to fund AIDS programs in Africa as a moral imperative. Since then, congressional Republicans have chosen to underfund these HIV/AIDS programs, and President Bush has done nothing to persuade them to change course. And while we continue to see a disturbing increase in the number of Americans diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, the Bush administration has failed to take steps to improve our nation's health care system and treatment and prevention of this disease. I am the only candidate in this race with a health care plan to get everyone in America covered with quality health insurance that can never be taken away, and my plan will make a critical difference in our domestic fight against HIV/AIDS.
The time for empty promises and rhetoric has passed. We need a domestic health care plan that will reduce the spread of AIDS in the United States, a foreign aid plan that will fund international efforts, and a trade policy that will make essential medicines more accessible to developing countries.
On a trip to Africa in 1999, I saw firsthand both the devastating effects of AIDS and the difference US assistance can make in fighting the disease. I visited a neonatal ward in Soweto, South Africa and assisted in the opening of an education and counseling center in rural Zimbabwe. I was inspired by the work being done to fight the disease and the hope that I saw in the eyes of so many who were the beneficiaries of that great work. What I saw reaffirmed my commitment to make a difference and be a president who will lead the world in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
For more information on my plan to provide quality health care coverage to every American, as well my record of fighting HIV/AIDS, please visit my website at:
www.dickgephardt2004.com.
I believe Howard Dean also has info on his site regarding his position.
I admit I haven't gone to his site to read more, but I will. I need to know the position of all the candidates on this issue, w/ SPECIFICS.
Anyway, if anyone's interested, here's the e-mail
Dear Friend,
I applaud your commitment to stopping the global spread of AIDS, and I share your dedication to slowing its deadly march.
As president, I will put the full support of the United States government behind all possible efforts to stop the scourge of AIDS at home and abroad. I am proud to have been the first presidential candidate to support the "Presidential Pledge to Action on Global AIDS," which includes a commitment to provide $30 billion by 2008 to fully fund the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria; additional funds for AIDS orphans and vulnerable children; support for HIV/AIDS prevention programs; and expanded research toward an AIDS vaccine. Additionally, the pledge supports deeper and broader debt cancellation for all impoverished nations engaged in the fight against AIDS, and it promotes developing nations' access to essential medicines, including low-cost, quality medicine.
The scourge of AIDS must be recognized for what it is: a global problem affecting every country, including the United States. In last year's State of the Union address, President Bush pledged to fund AIDS programs in Africa as a moral imperative. Since then, congressional Republicans have chosen to underfund these HIV/AIDS programs, and President Bush has done nothing to persuade them to change course. And while we continue to see a disturbing increase in the number of Americans diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, the Bush administration has failed to take steps to improve our nation's health care system and treatment and prevention of this disease. I am the only candidate in this race with a health care plan to get everyone in America covered with quality health insurance that can never be taken away, and my plan will make a critical difference in our domestic fight against HIV/AIDS.
The time for empty promises and rhetoric has passed. We need a domestic health care plan that will reduce the spread of AIDS in the United States, a foreign aid plan that will fund international efforts, and a trade policy that will make essential medicines more accessible to developing countries.
On a trip to Africa in 1999, I saw firsthand both the devastating effects of AIDS and the difference US assistance can make in fighting the disease. I visited a neonatal ward in Soweto, South Africa and assisted in the opening of an education and counseling center in rural Zimbabwe. I was inspired by the work being done to fight the disease and the hope that I saw in the eyes of so many who were the beneficiaries of that great work. What I saw reaffirmed my commitment to make a difference and be a president who will lead the world in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
For more information on my plan to provide quality health care coverage to every American, as well my record of fighting HIV/AIDS, please visit my website at:
www.dickgephardt2004.com.
I believe Howard Dean also has info on his site regarding his position.