No, it's me wrote:

In reading this PR release it appears that a major part of this 10MM pledge
is the drug companies agreeing to reduce the cost of drugs to African
nations.
And that is bad because.......

Clinton is not a wealthy man -- he uses influence to try and do good.

The Bush family on the other hand HAS the money, and probably better
connections, yet do very little. As I recall drug companies were major
contributors to the Bush campaign.



"Jim," wrote in message
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12/04/2005 13:50 (European dating)

The William J Clinton Foundation will donate $10m to provide
AIDS-suppressing paediatric drugs to infected children in Asia, the
Caribbean and Africa.

Barbara Bush Foundation
Announces 2005 Grant winners

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy
announced today that it has awarded a total of $637,851.09 to develop or
expand ten programs that will improve the literacy skills of parents and
their children. *Since its inception in 1989*, the Foundation has awarded
nearly $16 million to over 450 family literacy programs in 47 states and
our nation’s capital.

May 10, 2004
Laura Bush Foundation Awards Over $660,000 In Grants To School Libraries
Grants Will Help 136 School Libraries Buy Books

The George Bush Award for Excellence in Public Service is a custom crystal
sculpture by Steuben of New York. Designer Eric Hilton, as a special
commission for this award, created this three panel prismatic column of
crystal. In the center of the column is a shallow lens engraving of the
world. ( apparently given annually; value not stated)



DATE AWARD RECIPIENTS

2004 Arnold Schwarzenegger

2003 Edward M. Kennedy

2001 Mikhail Gorbachev

2000 Helmut Kohl