Keeping our promise to Africa: President Bush proposed a historic foreign aid initiative to Africa, but Congress now threatens to make that pledge empty rhetoric

Keeping our promise to Africa: President Bush proposed a historic foreign aid initiative to Africa, but Congress now threatens to make that pledge empty rhetoric

Like many others who work to end hunger, I was both skeptical and hopeful about President Bush's high-profile trip to Africa this summer. Why would the most powerful world leader-- a leader whose policies show scant regard for poor people at home --pay a visit to the poorest and weakest of our...

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Veröffentlicht in:National Catholic reporter 2003-10, Vol.39 (42), p.23
1. Verfasser: Vladimiroff, Christine
Format: Magazinearticle
Sprache:eng
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Bush, George W
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Foreign assistance
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United States foreign relations
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Zusammenfassung:Like many others who work to end hunger, I was both skeptical and hopeful about President Bush's high-profile trip to Africa this summer. Why would the most powerful world leader-- a leader whose policies show scant regard for poor people at home --pay a visit to the poorest and weakest of our neighbors in this global village?
ISSN:0027-8939