We have US citizens in need too, nothing against being charitable, but what about the the upcoming budget cuts coming up here with a veto looming? Perhaps the other countries are feeling a crunch too. How can we afford to train health workers for other countries when we have hospitals and a shortage of health care right here…questions rambling around in my head…BD
President Bush on Monday during a press conference in London with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said that leaders from the Group of Eight industrialized nations should match aid commitments to Africa made by the U.S., the Kyodo/AOL News reports. Bush said that G8 leaders met last year and "discussed HIV and malaria in Africa, and they all came forth and said they would match the United States -- except most nations haven't matched the United States except for Great Britain." He added that his "message to the G8" during its summit in Japan next month is, "Looking forward to working with you, thanks for coming to the meeting, just remember that there are people needlessly dying on the continent of Africa today, and we expect you to be more than pledge makers; we expect you to be check writers for humanitarian reasons.
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