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Bush in Africa
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It is the middle of President Bush’s trip to Africa. Today in Botswana, he reaffirmed U.S. commitment to help fight AIDS and overcome poverty. But Columbia University’s Jeffrey Sachs questions whether the promises of the developed world will still fall short of what Africa needs.

Guests:

Tamara Liper, White House correspondent, Newsweek

Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute, Columbia University

Linda Bilmes, assistant secretary of management and budget at the Department of Commerce under the Clinton administration

Randall Kennedy, On Point news analyst and professor of law at Harvard Law School

 
 

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