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Congressional Briefing Looks to Maximize Resources for HIV/AIDS Response

From Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

July 25, 2012

A UNAIDS press release describes a Congressional bipartisan briefing that took place on Tuesday with the theme, "Together we will end AIDS." Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) hosted the briefing, which aimed to "find ways of maximizing new opportunities to respond to HIV," according to the press release. Reps. Kay Granger (R-Texas) and Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.), UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe, and Sir Elton John also attended the meeting, according to UNAIDS (7/24).

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