State of the Union Address
January 28th, 2008 at 8:48 pm | posted by Virginia SimmonsI’m all set up to watch President Bush’s final State of the Union address - and have located an advance version of the speech. An important excerpt for our work:
“America is leading the fight against global poverty, with strong education initiatives and humanitarian assistance. We have also changed the way we deliver aid by launching the Millennium Challenge Account. This program strengthens democracy, transparency, and the rule of law in developing nations, and I ask you to fully fund this important initiative.
America is leading the fight against global hunger. Today, more than half the world’s food aid comes from the United States. And tonight, I ask the Congress to support an innovative proposal to provide food assistance by purchasing crops directly from farmers in the developing world, so we can build up local agriculture and help break the cycle of famine.
America is leading the fight against disease. With your help, we are working to cut by half the number of malaria-related deaths in 15 African nations. And our Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief is treating 1.4 million people. We can bring healing and hope to many more. So I ask you to maintain the principles that have changed behavior and made this program a success. And I call on you to double our initial commitment to fighting HIV/AIDS by approving an additional $30 billion over the next 5 years.”
The address should be starting at 9 p.m. EST.
-Virginia Simmons
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UPDATE: Ok. I watched. The above text was verbatim - and ended in applause.
January 28th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
WOOOO HOOOOO! Go ONE! Amen!
January 28th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
Sen. John McCain just gave a shout out to ONE live on MSNBC with Chris Matthews, lifting up the 2 million volunteers and calling on all Americans to serve with organizations like ONE.
January 28th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
Nice shout out about ONE by John McCain while being interviewed by Chris Matthews on MSNBC’s follow-up coverage.
January 28th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
I watched the SOTU address and started to give up on it. Then I was called back to it, when the above was stated by President Bush. Made me even prouder to call myself a member of ONE.org! Plus Pres. Bush mentioned the Genocide in Darfur, Burma…..Surreal….
That was wonderful that John McCain mentioned the ONE Campaign on Chris Matthew’s show. What a great night….
Now let’s hope that more gets done during this next year…….
January 29th, 2008 at 9:41 am
YES!!! GO ONE!!! WE ARE DOING IT. 1+1+1… NEXT THING YOU KNOW, YOU SAVED A BILLION PEOPLE.