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Article: Remarks in a Discussion With Members of the Community of Sant'Egidio in Rome, Italy
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- June 18, 2007
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June 9, 2007
The President. I want to thank the good folks of Sant'Egidio for joining us. Sant'Egidio is one of the great faith-based organizations in the world. And we're here to talk about our common commitment to help the poor, feed the hungry, and help eradicate disease. United States is firmly committed to helping people on the continent of Africa. We have committed in our- and we'll work with our Congress to spend $30 billion to deal with HIV/AIDS, over a billion to deal with malaria, billions to deal with hunger, money to deal with education.
But these programs cannot be effective without loving people on the ground helping a neighbor in need. I want to thank you for being a part of ...