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Article: SEN. SMITH JOINS BONO IN PUSH FOR EDUCATION FOR ALL
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- May 2, 2007
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The office of Sen. Gordon H. Smith, R-Ore., issued the following press release:
This week, Sen. Gordon H. Smith (R-OR) joined U2 lead singer, Bono, co-founder of DATA (Debt, Aids, Trade, Africa) to launch the Education for All Act of 2007. The bill would provide $10 billion over the next five years to help developing countries meet the goal of universal basic education by 2015.
Today, at least 77 million children of primary school age, a majority of which are girls, are not in school. Worldwide, half of school-age children who start primary school drop out. Hundreds of millions more are denied a secondary school education. According to the 9/11 Commission, increasing educational access ...