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On the recordOctober 29, 2009
If we want to be the global leader in combating HIV/AIDS, we need to act like it.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks on Signing the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009

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