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  Bush's AIDS 'gift' has been seized by industry giants
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Last EditedServo  Oct 13, 2003 11:28am
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News DateMonday, October 13, 2003 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionFighting Aids was supposed to show George Bush's softer side. "Seldom has history offered a greater opportunity to do so much for so many," he said in his State of the Union address in January.

He has since reconsidered, deciding instead to offer a few more opportunities to the few. First he handed the top job of his global Aids initiative to a Big Pharma boss, then he broke his $3bn promise of Aids relief. And now there are concerns that he may sabotage a plan to send cheap drugs to countries ravaged by Aids.

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