Replies

You don't think he's doing this with "their" money do you?
Ireland, Clinton Foundation Sign $158.2 Million Agreement To Provide AIDS Drugs to Mozambique
Jul 09, 2003
Clinton Foundation Secures AIDS Drug Price Cuts, Develops Treatment Plans in Africa, Caribbean Oct 23, 2003
Funding
To pay for the cost of the drugs and for the improvements to the health systems in the developing nations, Clinton personally lobbied private donors and leaders of wealthy nations to secure funding for the initiative, according to the Journal. Ireland has committed $58.3 million over five years -- primarily for Mozambique's program. According to a senior Canadian government official, Canada has pledged "tens of millions" of dollars to the plan, but the details are still being finalized, the Journal reports. "Usually I just call the prime minister or the president and tell them what we're doing and ask them to have somebody look at it. And I always tell them that even though we're friends they don't have to do this for me -- don't do it unless they think it's a good thing. But I think it's the best thing going in the world in AIDS care," Clinton said.
Clinton Program Would Help Poor Nations Get AIDS Drugs
The agreement also establishes a way of working that is rare in the secretive pharmaceutical industry. The companies involved -- Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd., Cipla Ltd. and Matrix Laboratories Ltd., all of India, and the South African company Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd. -- opened their books and manufacturing processes to a group of Clinton business advisers. Then the advisers and the companies hunted for ways to cut costs, starting with raw-material suppliers in China and ending with the products' packaging. Mr. Clinton's team plans to use this approach to try to lower the price of diagnostic tests, which are still very expensive.
Clinton Foundation to aid China with AIDS 2004-04-29

What a international man of the world...Clinton Presidential Center

"Engineered by longtime Clinton adviser Ira Magaziner, the agreement will cut the price of a commonly used triple-drug regimen by almost a third..."

Someone please refresh my memory about Ira Magaziner.

"Ireland has committed $58.3 million over five years -- primarily for Mozambique's program."

How in the world did Clinton get Ireland to commit to $58 million for an AIDS program for Mozambique!?! How does Teresa Heinz Kerry, who is from Mozambique, figure into all of this? Is some of her moola going to Hillary's war chest in return for Slick's AIDS effort in Mozambique?