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Norfolk,\u00a0 VA-<\/strong>Today at Old Dominion\u00a0 University (ODU), Congressman Glenn Nye (D-VA) joined national security and\u00a0 global health experts, as well as members of the global anti-poverty\u00a0 organization ONE, to discuss America’s strategic role in combating global\u00a0 poverty and preventable diseases like AIDS and malaria.<\/p>\n

At the first-ever\u00a0 “ONE Town Hall,” presented by ONE and in partnership with Old Dominion Graduate\u00a0 Society for International Studies, Nye discussed America’s successful\u00a0 development efforts that have saved lives and thwarted instability. Nye also\u00a0 stressed the connection between U.S. development efforts and U.S.\u00a0 security.<\/p>\n

Joining Nye on the\u00a0 panel was Brigadier Gen. Ron Sconyers, president of Physicians for Peace; Dr.\u00a0 David Earnest, Old Dominion International Studies professor; Matthew Bartlett,\u00a0 ONE grassroots field organizer and trainer; and John Applebaugh, ONE member and\u00a0 ODU graduate student.<\/p>\n

The foreign policy\u00a0 discussion, attended by Old Dominion students and faculty, focused on the need\u00a0 to strengthen and continue U.S. efforts to fight diseases, provide education and\u00a0 create economic opportunity in the developing world, <\/strong>especially\u00a0 as the global economic downturn is hitting the world’s poor the hardest-with\u00a0 another 53 million more people expected to be living in extreme poverty as a\u00a0 result of the crisis. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The\u00a0 panel discussed how America’s global health efforts, thanks largely to the\u00a0 bipartisan support of the U.S. Congress, have delivered historic results over\u00a0 the past several years. More than 2 million people with HIV\/AIDS in Africa are\u00a0 receiving basic medicines and beating the disease thanks to America’s\u00a0 commitment. That number is up from just 50,000 in 2003. Millions more are\u00a0 surviving malaria because of cost-effective investments in simple bed nets and\u00a0 medicines. Some 34 million more children living in the world’s poorest and often\u00a0 most dangerous regions have been given the chance to go to school for the first\u00a0 time in recent years, opening the door to productive\u00a0 futures.<\/p>\n

ONE, a\u00a0 nonpartisan, grassroots organization whose members work in their local\u00a0 communities to raise awareness of global poverty and treatable, preventable\u00a0 disease and help build the political will to address these challenges. ONE\u00a0 brings together people from all backgrounds and political beliefs to achieve\u00a0 change through advocacy and public mobilization, urging leaders to invest in\u00a0 tested, proven solutions that save lives and combat extreme poverty. Next week,\u00a0 Congressman Rob Wittman (R-VA) will participate in a “ONE Town Hall” at The\u00a0 College of William & Mary.<\/p>\n

Before entering\u00a0 Congress in Jan. 2009, Rep. Nye was a Foreign Service officer who spent more\u00a0 than ten years overseas, volunteering to serve in conflict zones around the\u00a0 world including Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan. He sits on the House Armed\u00a0 Services Committee and the House Veterans Affairs\u00a0 Committee.<\/p>\n

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