Colin Powell Says AIDS Pandemic ‘Biggest Problem on Earth’ During Speech Honoring U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan
Secretary of State Colin Powell, speaking Tuesday at the United Nations Association of the United States of America Visionaries Award dinner honoring U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, "surprised" the audience by calling attention to HIV/AIDS, the Washington Post reports (Boustany, Washington Post, 11/13). Powell praised Annan for his "leadership and foresight" in the international fight against HIV/AIDS, which Powell called "the biggest problem that we have on the face of the earth today" (Powell speech text, 11/12).
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