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Drug firms boost Bush's AIDS plan Washington Post President Bush's $15 billion plan to fight AIDS internationally is getting a big behind-the-scenes boost from drug companies and other businesses with a financial stake in combating the disease in Africa. Top White House officials have encouraged corporations, especially those with direct business interests in Africa or AIDS eradication, to support Republican lobbying efforts aimed at passing Bush's AIDS initiative in Congress and winning funding for the program later this year. The House is poised to pass the plan today. A Senate vote will soon follow.
—Posted: May 1, 2003
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