On World AIDS Day, Obama Declares ‘We are Going To Win This Fight’
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Marking the 23rd anniversary of World AIDS Day, President Obama today announced a deepened U.S. commitment to fighting the pandemic, declaring “make no mistake, we are going to win this fight.”
“Today is a remarkable day. Today, we come together, as a global community, across continents, faiths and cultures, to renew our commitment to ending the AIDS pandemic – once and for all,” Obama said at a World AIDS Day event at George Washington University.
The president announced a realignment of existing funds to provide an additional $50 million to combat HIV and AIDS and set a new goal to help six million people get on treatment by the end of 2013, two million more than the original target.
Obama also urged countries that have committed to give money to the Global Fund to live up to their promises. “That includes China and other major economies that are now able to step up as major donors,” he said.
Over the last three decades, the global pandemic has claimed 30 million lives. While the rate of new infections is going down elsewhere, the president noted it’s not declining in America.
“The infection rate here has been holding steady for over a decade. There are communities in this country being devastated still by this disease. When new infections among young, black, gay men increase by nearly fifty percent in three years, we need to do more to show them that their lives matter. When Latinos are dying sooner than other groups; when black women feel forgotten even though they account for most of the new cases among women, we need to do more,” he said.
“This fight isn’t over. Not for the 1.2 million Americans who are living with HIV right now. Not for the Americans who are infected every day. This fight isn’t over for them. It isn’t over for their families. It isn’t over for anyone in this room. And it certainly isn’t over for your President,” Obama declared.
Today’s event, entitled “The Beginning of the End of AIDS,” was sponsored by the ONE and (Red) campaigns and featured remarks from Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, via satellite, and was attended by well-known activists, including U2 lead singer Bono and singer Alicia Keys.
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So white people do not get aids. Must not because Obam never mentioned them or does not care.
Posted by: specialty57 | December 1, 2011, 12:49 pm 12:49 pm
What?!?!? Obama can’t create jobs but he wants to stop AIDS? hahaha what a joke
Posted by: televisionfire | December 1, 2011, 1:09 pm 1:09 pm
JOBLESS CLAIMS TOP 400,000 — AGAIN… On World AIDS day, Obama offers — $50 million…
FLASHBACK: Bush pushes through $15 billion AIDS initiative…
Why doesn’t Obama care????
OBAMA______VS_____AMERICA
Posted by: Yep I said that | December 1, 2011, 1:11 pm 1:11 pm
Obama hates gays! Bush budgeted $15 billion for AIDS. Obama’s pldege is a joke compared to Bush. Obama gets praised as the Savior for his lip service. Open your eyes, people. The media has sold us an empty suit!
Posted by: paul | December 1, 2011, 1:32 pm 1:32 pm
The first three people who posted here are just pure evil! Just filled with hatred!!! This initiative (which is only being carried upon and furthered by this President) is probably one of the major accomplishments initiated by President George Bush …and it has been quite successful too! You think the terrorists are somewhat successful now? Imagine them exploiting those nations that were being ravaged by the AIDS disease. President George Bush saw that and besides the humanitarian aspects of “doing what is right,” he did it for the sake of national security. President Obama is simply stepping up the cause. Of course caucasians can get AIDS but the disease is much more prevelent in the very, very, poor communities which cannot get (or have) access to proper healthcare. This is one of the BIG missions of Planned Parenthood (ya know, the organization of which you holy and Right-Less want cut) is the distribution of condoms and EDUCATION about this communicable disease.
Posted by: MyTakeOnThis61 | December 1, 2011, 1:43 pm 1:43 pm
“Obama hates gays! Bush budgeted $15 billion for AIDS. Obama’s pldege is a joke compared to Bush….”
“The president announced a realignment of existing funds to provide an ADDITIONAL $50 million to combat HIV and AIDS…”
I tell ya… comprehension…. comprehension… (SMH!)
Posted by: MyTakeOnThis61 | December 1, 2011, 1:55 pm 1:55 pm
What?!?!? Obama can’t create jobs but he wants to stop AIDS? hahaha what a joke
POSTED BY: TELEVISIONFIRE | DECEMBER 1, 2011, 1:09 PM 1:09 PM
There have been over 400,000 jobs added in the past 3 months.
Posted by: Dan | December 1, 2011, 2:03 pm 2:03 pm
Boy are all the AIDS patients releaved now that Obama has said it’ll be OK. The messiah has spoken!!!! He lies about everything lese, why put any credance in anything he says. BEsides that’s all he does is say things – no leadership, no plan, no nothing.
Posted by: Frank Pfeifenroth | December 1, 2011, 2:07 pm 2:07 pm
Rhetoric at its best.
You wont win without a medical cure. That is how we beat small pox.
Posted by: Ken | December 1, 2011, 2:28 pm 2:28 pm
Nothing but empty promises and lies… I can’t wait to get a new president. How does he expect to find a medical cure with AIDS when it is a disease that is encoded into DNA? All he cares about is own fame and he doesn’t care about our counry. He is racist and an embarrassment to society, because of Obama we are so much in debt, businesses are shutting down, and unemployment rate is still high.
Posted by: asdfghjk | December 1, 2011, 2:43 pm 2:43 pm
What I want to know is where are they going to “realign funds” from, the floor of the Fed?
Posted by: esal | December 1, 2011, 3:01 pm 3:01 pm
Great Job! Mr.President see he out there making something happen!
Posted by: J Good | December 1, 2011, 3:33 pm 3:33 pm
POSTED BY: ASDFGHJK | DECEMBER 1, 2011, 2:43 PM 2:43 PM
You have apparently forgotten what it was like under the Republican Bush when hundreds of thousands of jobs were being lost month after month, business were going bankrupt by the tens of thousands, major banks and financial institutions were headed towards default, two major American auto companies were close to bankruptcy, bin Laden was still at large . .. and so on.
Posted by: Jerry | December 1, 2011, 3:33 pm 3:33 pm
Where has former democrat senator and governor Jon Corzine gone? Where is the 1.2 billion dollars in funds…Corzine was expected to be the next treasury secretary under Obama
Where is this friend and confidant of Obama, and where is this money…..need we probe the democrat coffers?
OBAMA_________VS__________AMERICA
Posted by: yep I said that | December 1, 2011, 3:48 pm 3:48 pm
This is the nature of this people who are like animals they don’t want to stop illicit sex but want to continue with it and find out a medicine to stop aids , by this humas will become animals ,sex without discrimation is animalism.
Posted by: The Indian Intelligence | December 2, 2011, 4:24 am 4:24 am