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Mary Landrieu: “But the problem is, when PEPFAR was created, there were approximately 15 million orphans in the world. There are now 17…”

On the recordMarch 12, 2014
But the problem is, when PEPFAR was created, there were approximately 15 million orphans in the world. There are now 17 million.
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Mary Landrieu
Democratic · Louisiana

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Landrieu highlights the increasing number of orphans despite efforts to combat AIDS.

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