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THE QUALITIES OF COURAGE AND
COMPASSION THAT WE STRIVE FOR
IN AMERICA ALSO DETERMINE OUR
CONDUCT ABROAD.
THE AMERICAN FLAG STANDS FOR
MORE THAN OUR POWER AND OUR
INTERESTS.
OUR FOUNDERS DEDICATED THIS
COUNTRY TO THE CAUSE OF HUMAN
DIGNITY, THE RIGHTS OF EVERY
PERSON, AND THE POSSIBILITIES
OF EVERY LIFE.
THIS CONVICTION LEADS US INTO
THE WORLD TO HELP THE AFFLICTED
AND DEFEND THE PEACE AND
CONFOUND THE DESIGNS OF EVIL
MEN.
IN AFGHANISTAN, WE HELPED TO
LIBERATE AN OPPRESSED PEOPLE
AND WE WILL CONTINUE HELPING
THEM SECURE THEIR COUNTRY,
REBUILD THEIR SOCIETY, AND
EDUCATE ALL THEIR CHILDREN,
BOYS AND GIRLS.
IN THE MIDDLE EAST WE WILL
CONTINUE TO SEEK PEACE BETWEEN
A SECURE ISRAEL AND A DAMIC
PALESTINE.

ACROSS THE EARTH AMERICA IS
FEEDING THE HUNGRY.
MORE THAN 60% OF INTERNATIONAL
FOOD AID COMES AS A GIFT FROM
THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED
STATES.
AS OUR NATION MOVES TROOPS AND
BUILDS ALLIANCES TO MAKE OUR
WORLD SAFER, WE MUST ALSO
REMEMBER OUR CALLING AS A
BLESSED COUNTRY IS TO MAKE THE
WORLD BETTER.
TODAY, ON THE CONTINENT OF
AFRICA NEARLY 30 MILLION PEOPLE
HAVE THE AIDS VIRUS.
INCLUDING THREE MILLION
CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 15.
THERE ARE WHOLE COUNTRIES IN
AFRICA WHERE MORE THAN 1/3 OF
THE ADULT POPULATION CARRIES
THE INFECTION.
MORE THAN FOUR MILLION REQUIRE
IMMEDIATE DRUG TREATMENT.
YET ACROSS THAT CONTINENT ONLY
50,000 AIDS VICTIMS, ONLY
50,000 ARE RECEIVING THE
MEDICINE THEY NEED.
BECAUSE THE AIDS DIAGNOSIS IS
CONSIDERED A DEATH SENTENCE,
MANY DO NOT SEEK TREATMENT.
ALMOST ALL WHO DO ARE TURNED
AWAY.
A DOCTOR IN RURAL SOUTH AFRICA
DESCRIBES HIS FRUSTRATION, HE
SAYS WE HAVE NO MEDICINES.
MANY HOSPITALS TELL PEOPLE
YOU'VE GOT AIDS, WE CAN'T HELP
YOU.
GO HOME AND DIE.