The fight against HIV/AIDS is the centerpiece of the administration's humanitarian efforts overseas. US President George W. Bush is asking Congress for US$15 billion to do battle against the scourge. Secretary of State Colin Powell highlighted the magnitude of the challenge two weeks ago.
"You could take all of the lives lost through weapons of mass destruction over the past century ... go through World War I, go through Hiroshima, go through Nagasaki, go through all of them," Powell said two weeks ago. "Put all of those numbers together, multiply by 10 and you don't reach the number of people who will die from HIV/AIDS in the next 12 months."
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