It is my understanding this $87 billion emergency appropriations requested by the administration includes foreign aid that is going to the nation of Iraq as well as Afghanistan. What I am suggesting is this item, some $800 million, in the nature of foreign aid be sent to fight the global AIDS epidemic. It would seem it is germane to the same issue before the Senate in the pending supplemental appropriations bill.
Discussing the allocation of emergency appropriations for foreign aid during Senate debate.
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