Churches Join to Urge Aid to Africa
by Warren Vieth
Los Angeles Times 6-28-2005 WASHINGTON —
In an uncommon display of political unity, leaders of the U.S. evangelical movement joined with moderate and liberal religious groups Monday to urge President Bush to boost development aid to Africa.
Evangelical leaders said they hoped their participation would increase pressure on the president to announce a significant increase in U.S. aid before or during next week's summit of the world's wealthiest nations in Gleneagles, Scotland.
"We would like to see the Bush administration turn a good record on Africa into a great record on Africa," Richard Cizik, vice president of the National Assn. of Evangelicals, told reporters. "We are lending our voice to this cause in a way never before done."
Posted by tripp at June 30, 2005 04:38 PMFriday, July 01, 2005
Associated Press
WASHINGTON —
"With a pledge to fight disease and to promote legal protection for women, President Bush says he wants to more than double aid to Africa."
"Bush says agreeing to Blair's plan is not necessary because aid has tripled during his presidency, though the U.S. gives far less as a proportion of national income than most other industrialized nations."
"National security adviser Stephen Hadley said Bush's new proposal would raise U.S. assistance to Africa to $8.6 billion in 2010, from $4.3 billion in 2004."
Come on, this has got to be worth a little credit to the President.
DK