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Why 'making friends out of potential enemies is smarter than defendingyourself against them'. Senate testimony, video and text.

24 May 2004
Why 'making friends out of potential enemies is smarter than defendingyourself against them'. Senate testimony, video and text.

Testimony to the the US Senate Committee last week on the need for increasedspending assistance to help Africa fight poverty, AIDS and other infectuousdiseases that have spread rapidly throughout the continent.

'Senators, I spend a lot of time in this country. Maybe too much for yourliking. I spend a lot of time in buses. At truck stops. In town halls. Inchurch halls. I do all this, and I'm not even running for office.But you know what's amazing? Everywhere I go, I see very much the samething. I see the same compassion for people who live half a world away. Isee the same concern about events beyond these borders. And, increasingly, Isee the same conviction that we can and we must join together to stop thescourge of AIDS and poverty. Americans are thinking big...'

DATA are carrying video clips of Bono's testimony and his answers toquestions from the subcommittee, along with a pdf of the entire speech. Andvery moving testimony too from Agnes Nyamayarwo, Uganda nurse and HIVpositive who traveled with Bono during the Heart of America tour.
www.data.org

Meanwhile U2log.com carry a great piece by U2 fan and Jubilee USA activistAbbey Fisher who attended the hearing.

'I volunteer for Jubilee USA Network, a continuation of the Jubilee 2000movement, part of a worldwide campaign to cancel debts of countries in theGlobal South (Third World or developing countries). Debts of these countriesare far from being completely canceled. Debt is a large stumbling block forcountries fighting AIDS epidemics, poverty, lack of education, unsafe water,unfair trade relationships, and so many other social and economic problems.Through my involvement with Jubilee, I have learned much about the globalAIDS pandemic. All of these issues are interrelated, and I believe theyshould be addressed as such. ...'

More here
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