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The Pentagon Pulls AIDS Research
Don't ask, don't treat
By Douglas Waller/Washington
(TIME, December 9) -- The Pentagon is quietly trying to kill an AIDS research program.
Under the decade-old initiative, drug companies have run tests
on more than 4,000 HIV-positive volunteers. Researchers like
using soldiers because they are a disciplined group who can take
complicated dosages on schedule. Pentagon officials deny they're
cutting the program, but documents show that much of the $15
million Congress allocated for the research next year will be
diverted. The Pentagon doesn't like the program because it keeps
infected G.I.s in the service longer.
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