Gore to announce administration push to fight AIDS in Africa
January 8, 2000
Web posted at: 4:06 a.m. EST (0906 GMT)
From Senior White House Correspondent John King
DES MOINES, Iowa (CNN) -- Vice President Al Gore will
announce a significant new Clinton administration budget
initiative Monday designed to combat the spread of AIDS in
Africa, officials told CNN.
The vice president will announce the AIDS initiative during
what government and campaign aides describe as a major
international policy speech to be delivered at the United
Nations. It is one of several the White House has reserved
for Gore to announce in hopes the official events will help
his presidential campaign.
Gore has been invited to speak to this year's opening session
of the U.N. Security Council. Administration and campaign
sources were reluctant to provide details of the program,
except to say it represented a major new commitment to AIDS
education and prevention.
"Some of the details, including the bottom line in the
budget, are still being worked on," one senior White House
aide said.
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The AIDS initiative dovetails with one of the major
priorities of Richard Holbrooke, the U.S. ambassador to the
United Nations and a Gore confidante who has promised to make
Africa a major focus of his U.N. tenure. It also could help
Gore counter criticism from liberal and other activist groups
who say the Clinton administration has not dedicated enough
attention to Africa generally and AIDS in particular.
Other budget initiatives earmarked for Gore in the coming
weeks are focused on major domestic political issues --
health care, education and agriculture among them.
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