Date:

26 June 2003

Author(s):

George W. Bush (speech)

Classification Level:

Unclassified

Description:

Bush speaks to current issues in Africa that require urgent attention—the end of the Liberian Civil War, resolving the Second Sudanese Civil War, and building peace in the Congo. Bush highlights American efforts in bringing about peaceful solutions to these conflicts. Bush additionally highlights other American aid programs to Africa, including free textbooks, HIV/AIDS relief, the African Growth, and Opportunity Act, and agricultural aid, calling for more funding for some efforts.