Name: Vice President Pence Delivers Remarks at the White House World AIDS Day Event
Uploaded: 2019-02-20T14:39:48.000Z
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The Vice President: Well, thank you, Ambassador Birx,

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and, since 2014, as the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator.

to Ambassador Green, to Dr. Fauci, to Michel Sidibé,

to distinguished faith and business leaders,

it is humbling for me to join you all today,

just a few days before the 30th Annual World AIDS Day,

American humanitarian initiative in history.

And everyone in this room represents organizations,

businesses, and faith-based organizations

in implementing this extraordinary success

and advancing the progress that we have made,

but over the last 30 years, combating HIV and AIDS.

And as I begin, let me bring greetings from a friend of mine

and has brought new and renewed American commitment

to the fight against HIV/AIDS here and around the world.

I bring greetings from the 45th President

And on behalf of the President and the First Family,

This Saturday, December 1st, is World AIDS Day.

And as the President said on that occasion just last year,

“those who have lost their lives to AIDS.”

to “celebrate the remarkable progress”

that “we have made in combating this disease,”

and to “reaffirm our ongoing commitment to end AIDS

with so many faith communities and organizations

that have led the fight against this terrible disease.

and the continued commitment of the American people,

and the support of leaders in both parties

Now, the credit for this achievement is widely shared,

but faith-based organizations and faith communities

like those represented here have played a preeminent role.

And the leaders in this room have inspired countless others

and bring hope and healing to literally millions of people

around the world suffering with HIV/AIDS.

And I want to commend each and every one of you

for making that faith real in the battle against HIV/AIDS

Thanks to your example, thanks to your generosity,

to the efforts that the organizations here have made,

not only all across Africa but all across the wider world,

you've rescued a generation from this disease.

And every day, one community, one country at a time,

we're achieving what once seemed impossible:

We are controlling the HIV/AIDS pandemic without a vaccine

and without a cure. It is a remarkable testament

It's amazing to think of the progress that we've made.

Over the past 37 years, HIV/AIDS has infected

and claimed no less than 35 million lives,

devastating countless families and communities

not just in our own nation, in our communities,

but ultimately in every corner of the world.

America has been on a long journey fighting this disease

And much of the progress that we've made here at home

actually began with one young man's story.

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