Combating an epidemic

Christian Century, June 14, 2003

COMBATING AN EPIDEMIC: President George W. Bush signs the $15 billion U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS Act of 2003 as (l to r) Representative Tom Lantos (D., Calif.), Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R., Tenn.), Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson and Secretary of State Colin Powell look on during a ceremony at the State Department, May 2 7.

Bush said that "we have a moral duty to act and we are acting" to combat the epidemic in African and Caribbean countries.