PEPFAR Debate Live

Jul 14th, 2008 4:55 PM UTC
By Virginia Simmons

The Senate is debating PEPFAR (The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) on the floor now.

You can watch live on C-Span.org now. (And on TV on C-Span2)

-Virginia Simmons

TAGS: HIV/AIDS, PEPFAR, PEPFAR Reauthorization

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Holger Pfistersays: Jul 24th, 2008 4:37 PM EST

July 24, 2008 at 4:37 pm

Hi, I am living with HIV in Germany and are just watching C-SPAN2. I hope, that the US will finally end the Ban on HIV+ People trying to travel to the US. I have not come to the Staates for more than 8 years because of this Ban.

Greetings from “Mainhattan” (Frankfurt)
Germany

Holger Pfister

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