Current Issues
Women in third world countries dying during birth
President Bush has an emergency plan a retro-viral therapy by treating 2 million in 15 countries
“President Bush in July announced the distribution of $49 million for fiscal year 2004 to fight HIV and AIDS in Tanzania, and he has proposed $84 million for fiscal year 2005”
Can we compare this to military funding?
“Congress appropriated approximately $56 billion in April 2003; another $72 billion in November 2003, and currently is in the process of appropriating an additional $25 billion, which was requested by the Bush Administration in May 2004. The total amounts to over $150 billion, but will be higher as the Bush Administration requests further spending later this year”