President Bush wants the United States to be a key player in the future of disease prevention and treatment across the world. The United States can begin in developing nations by fighting diseases like malaria, HIV/ AIDS, hookworm, and river blindness, Bush says. The challenge for future presidents and congresses is to keep the commitment for fighting disease and global hunger. (2:00)
At a speech in front of the United States Agency for International Development, President Bush reflects on the victims of tyrannical governments he has met, among them: Blanca González, whose son Normando Hernández González is a political prisoner in Cuba, and Olga Kuzulina, whose father Alexander Kozulin is imprisoned in Belarus for running for president. (1:50)
President Bush stressed the need for future presidents and congresses to promote a closer-knit global agenda for the United States. At his address to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), he outlined the future challenges of spreading freedom and democracy throughout the world.
“The challenge for future presidents and future congresses will be to ensure that America’s generosity remains tied to the promotion of transparency and accountability and prosperity,” said Bush. (more…)
