This morning, Sen. Brownback made another trip to New Hampshire to campaign for president. At a breakfast in Merrimack, Sen. Brownback remarked on the importance of fighting disease and poverty in Africa and even mentioned the ONE Campaign by name.
While answering questions after his speech, Sen. Brownback spoke about the Millennium Challenge Corporation and how it is working to help responsible governments around the world.
ONE member Melissa Skinner was able to talk with Sen. Brownback about her recent trip to Namibia with her church and talk with him about the importance of saving lives in Africa. Sen. Brownback spoke about the moral importance of our actions, but also spoke about how wise our actions are with the threat of terrorism in some places in Africa and how the Chinese are investing heavily in Africa too. I spoke with the senator and thanked him for his action in the Senate on behalf of the poorest people. He told me how much he supports the ONE Campaign and thanked us on his way out.
It is getting busy here in New Hampshire and Sen. Brownback will likely be back to campaign, and when he does, he will see and hear from ONE members across the Granite State that believe we can save lives around the world.
A ONE member showed up at a Sam Brownback youth ice cream social event in Iowa last week (see Sen. Brownback’s recent endorsement of ONE). Sen. Brownback gave a shout out to the ONE member and thanked her for being active with ONE. He then proceeded to explain the emergency in Africa and how saving lives requires a coalition of the left and the right.
“I see someone back there with the ONE Campaign, on Africa. Fabulous! [applause] Thank you, I’ve met with Bono a couple of times, and we’ve talked about what we can do with this moment now to help those in Africa who are in very bad conditions. I’ve been to Africa four of the last five years…where people are dying because the basic simple necessities are not there. They don’t have water; they don’t have any health care; they don’t have food, and so people die. And you don’t want that taking place. And it doesn’t need to be that way. And we can build a coalition, the left and the right, and people coming together to save lives, because every life is precious.”
This coalition to save lives exists: ONE. And thanks to you, we are growing stronger everyday. With the support of both Daschle and Frist, Edwards and Brownback, we are sending the message that some issues are just more important than politics.
Check out the YouTube video of the event below (ONE’s shout-out is at the 2:20 mark).
With the 2006 elections over, ONE’s eyes are on making extreme poverty and global AIDS part of the conversation in the race for the White House.
And so I’m pleased to be able to post that two potential presidential candidates, one a republican and one a democrat, have decided to take public HIV/AIDS tests at a World AIDS Day Conference in California on December 1.
To reduce stigma around the test and publicize its value, “I’m happy to offer my body for science,” Brownback said in a telephone interview Friday. “People need to get the test,” he added.
Obama press secretary Tommy Vietor said, “If two United States senators can do it, then everyone else can too.” …
Obama and Brownback are featured speakers and will appear on a panel titled, “We must work together.”
“I think you are seeing the beginning of a great coming together on the left and right dealing with Africa,” said Brownback, alluding to the continent’s AIDS epidemic and social and economic problems.”
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