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The president called for Congress to double U.S. funds to fight HIV/AIDS in Africa to $30 billion during the next five years. He also wants full funding for performance-based development grants.
Mr. Bush said that mission serves America's security interests because people who live in chaos and despair are more likely to fall under the sway of violent ideologies. He said it also serves America's moral interests because the power to save lives comes with the obligation to use it.
While U.S. programs in Africa rarely make the news at home, the president stressed going to Africa and seeing the results left no doubt in his mind that the mission is succeeding.
"You see it when you hold a baby that would have died of malaria without America's support. You see it when you look into the eyes of an AIDS patient who has been brought back to life. You see it in the quiet pride of a child going to school for the first time. And you see that turning away from this life-changing work would be a cause for shame."
The president and Mrs. Bush visited Benin, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana, and Liberia last week.
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布什总统号召国会在未来的五年把在非洲地区对抗艾滋病的费用提高至300亿美元。他也希望全面支持基于表现的发展补助。
布什总统表示，这项任务对于美国的安全利益有帮助，因为生活在混乱与绝望中的人们更容易受暴力观念的影响。他同时还表示这也有利于美国的道德利益，因为救助生命的权利常与履行这项权利的义务密不可分。
然而美国在非洲的项目很少能成为国内新闻，所以总统强调说，这次非洲之行的所见所闻，在他脑海中留下了深刻的印象，这个使命正在获得成功。
“当你抱着一个若没有美国的帮助就将要死于疟疾的婴儿时你会感觉到这些项目的重要性。当你正视一个脱离艾滋病危险的病人的双眼时你也会感受到。你会在一个孩子第一次上学时透露出的淡淡的骄傲感中感受到我们所做的事的重要性。你还将感到无视这项改变人生的伟大工作将给你的人生带来遗憾。”
布什总统夫妇上周访问了非洲的贝宁，坦桑尼亚，卢旺达，加纳和利比里亚。
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