Excellent work GWB. _____ U.S. President George W. Bush visits Zambia to combat HIV/AIDS During his years in office, President George W. Bush’s administration focused intensely on Africa by assisting the reduction of the HIV/AIDS epidemic across the African continent, rebuilding nations that were affected by genocide and stopping the broadening of malaria. A key Bush program was a $15 billion five-year initiative to combat HIV/AIDS globally. With a perceived broken eight-year White House legacy, it seems the former president is remaining silent on domestic issues transpiring in the U.S., but is trying to build upon the successes he made in Africa. View slideshow: George W. Bush This week, Bush, his wife, Laura, First Lady of Zambia Dr. Christine Kaseba, Zambian Minister of Health Dr. J Kasonde and United States Ambassador to Zambia Mark Storella dedicated the African Center of Excellence for Women's Cancer Control during a visit to the University Teaching Hospital, according to a news release. Bush also announced the donation of a new electronic hub at the center on behalf Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon (PRRR) members and partners. Furthermore, Bush stated that Airborne Lifeline, a non-profit group that provides airfreight services for medical equipment, personnel and patients, and National Breast Cancer Foundation will assist PRRR. The purpose of Wednesday’s ceremony was to initiate a vision for the center, which includes enhancing education, research and training that focuses on primary and secondary prevention and treatment. The ultimate goal is to reduce the number of deaths from cancers in women. “I believe that quiet service is the best service. You're always a former president, but I wanted to come here as a laborer, try to sneak in the country. I didn't do a very good job of it,” said the former GOP president in a video posted Monday by the Bush Center. “I do want to be able to say that on this particular trip, that myself and friends have left behind a clinic in hopes to inspire others to come and refurbish clinics as well and to encourage the Zambian government to make sure there are the healthcare works necessary to make sure the clinic doesn't sit there empty." link
As a citizen of the world, I thank him for his contribution to solutions to world problems. Being a former President, he's under no obligation to undertake such tasks, and my hat's off to him. As a voter in the US, I can help but notice he's been largely inactive as a former President, and is starting to raise his public profile as November approaches in an election year. One can't help but wonder if he's trying to indirectly garner some good PR for the GOP. Incidentally, the cynic in me thinks Bill Clinton is doing the same for the Dems.
Good for him. I obviously didn't think he was a good president but he did do some good through his African AIDS initiative and I am glad to see he is keeping it up.
Good gravy, but considering what he spent on OIF for no reason, he could have instead opened up the coffers and made combating AIDs in Africa his real legacy. Also, without anyone genuine advocacy of family planning or condom use, I don't know how much of a dent one could put in this epidemic. I also think Clinton could or would have done more with this and in Rwanda if he hadn't screwed up Somalia and had a psychotic Independent Counsel and Republican Congress to deal with. Thirdly I don't think anyone who actually voted Bush did it because of this, and quite a few probably in spite of it. Ultimately, I'm more happy for him than proud of him. I think even he considers his life up until public service as fairly selfish, destructive and somewhat unproductive; so the fact that his Presidency gave him purpose and the opportunity to do stuff like this in his old age is probably a good hedge against relapse, divorce or yet another business failure.
Wow. You totally just D&D'ed the thread, in a very condescending/sarcastic manner no less. In college, I did a lot of reading/writing on Bush for my intro poly sci classes. A lot of what I read suggested that Bush's Africa policy may be his defining legacy one generation down the line. It'd be easy to bash for him for any number of things (including not doing even more in Africa), but he made Africa a US-priority (and thus a global priority) for the first time in history. I'm happy to see he's continuing his work there.
U.S. President George W. Bush visits Zambia to combat HIV/AIDS "Take that you HIV muddafucca!!! peow peow"
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Yes. We should all congratulate GWB on his work in Africa........while turning a blind eye to the damage he did to the Economy, Military, the 2 Million Iraqi refugees.....and the 100,000+ dead (both Iraqi and American) in Iraq based off of his ego and a proven lie. But hey......that Africa thing......Nice job.
That's because everyone expects you to cure all their problems. Stop natural disasters, free healthcare, make people rich, lower oil & commodity prices, secure the country, legalize mar1juana, legalize gay marriage, stop illegal whaling, stop drilling permits, raise taxes, lower taxes, send troops here, isolate America, leave the UN, invade N Korea, increase military presence, decrease military spending, and not spend any money doing so. If people don't get everything they want they'll b**** and moan and call you a bad human. Case in point...Barack Obama. And I typically vote Republican.
Should he run again for the presidency so you give him a chance to repair the damage, his ego, etc.? I love how you D&D'ers bash anything (whether it be Donkey vs. Elephant stuff, or just some news). Sheesh.
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