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AIDS Activist Group Lambastes Specter on Funding Support

From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

October 2, 2003

ACT-UP Philadelphia sent Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) a funeral wreath Wednesday, lambasting the senator for not including $1 billion for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in a bill he shepherded through the Senate last month. Specter has "apparently decided to stop supporting AIDS funding," said ACT-UP spokesperson Amy Schultz. "[Specter's] votes are a cynical attempt to appease the White House and rally Republican support during his re-election campaign," said Schultz. Specter spokesperson William Reynolds said the senator has so far helped steer $2.1 billion of the $15 billion planned for US global AIDS spending over the next five years. Specter "has recognized AIDS as a global emergency, and that the United States and other major industrial countries have to step up and help out," Reynolds said. "This is just the beginning."

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Associated Press
10.02.2.03

  
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This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update.
 
 

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