Article: BUSH NOW CARES ABOUT AFRICA

GEORGE W. BUSH MADE IT CLEAR DURING THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN IN 2000 THAT AFRICA RANKED LOW ON HIS LIST OF PRIORITIES. JIM LEHRER, WHO MODERATED THE THREE DEBATES BETWEEN BUSH AND AL GORE, NOTED DURING ONE OF THEM THAT WHILE 600,000 PEOPLE WERE BEING KILLED IN RWANDA IN 1994, THE UNITED STATES HAD DONE NOTHING TO STOP THE SLAUGHTER. HAD IT BEEN A MISTAKE, HE ASKED BUSH, FOR THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION NOT TO INTERVENE?"I think the administration did the right thing in that case," Bush answered, even though "it was a horrible situation."

Lehrer pressed him. "What would you say, governor, to somebody who would say: `Hey, wait a minute. Why not Africa? . . . Why the Balkans, but not ...

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