Bush Asks Congress to Back AIDS Program
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President Bush with Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, left, reviews the troops at the arrival ceremony at the Julius Nyerere International Airport, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)
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President Bush is greeted by a Tanzanian during the arrival ceremony at the Julius Nyerere International Airport, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)
(Lawrence Jackson - AP)
President Bush is accompanied by Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete as they watch traditional dancers upon Bush's arrival at Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
(Charles Dharapak - AP)
President Bush with Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete during the arrival ceremony at the Julius Nyerere International Airport, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)
(Lawrence Jackson - AP)
President Bush with Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, left, reviews the troops at the arrival ceremony at the Julius Nyerere International Airport, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)
(Lawrence Jackson - AP)
President Bush walks through a ceremonial arrival cordon at the Tanzanian State House in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008. Bush, targeting disease and poverty in travels across the African continent, touted a soft-power agenda Sunday in Tanzania where he received a hearty, red carpet welcome by a crowd waving tiny U.S. and Tanzanian flags. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)
(Lawrence Jackson - AP)
President Bush walks through a ceremonial arrival cordon with Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete at the State House in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008. Bush, targeting disease and poverty in travels across the African continent, touted a soft-power agenda Sunday in Tanzania where he received a hearty, red carpet welcome by a crowd waving tiny U.S. and Tanzanian flags. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)
(Lawrence Jackson - AP)
President Bush meets with Tanzania's President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete at the State House in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
(Charles Dharapak - AP)
President Bush, left, is welcomed by Tanzania's President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete at the State House in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
(Charles Dharapak - AP)
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By BEN FELLER
The Associated Press
Sunday, February 17, 2008; 2:51 AM
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania -- President Bush, on a five-nation visit to Africa, challenged Congress on Sunday to renew his global AIDS program.
With backing from Congress, Bush is behind an emergency HIV/AIDS response that is the largest in history to target an infectious disease. It is up for review this year, and Bush is trying to double its size _ from the commitment of $15 billion already spent to $30 billion to be spent over the next five years.
Speaking in Dar es Salaam (Dar-Es-Sah-LAM), the capital of Tanzania, Bush said he doesn't want Africans left guessing whether the generosity of the American people will continue.
