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BUSH TO EASE RULE LIMITING HIV-POSITIVE FOREIGN VISITORS
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | Dec. 3, 2006 | Sabin Russell

Posted on 12/03/2006 9:29:18 PM PST by janetgreen

President Bush will ease a long-standing rule barring HIV-positive people from entering the United States without a special waiver, a ban long criticized by human rights groups.

Because of the rule, organizers of the biannual International AIDS Conferences have not held a gathering in the United States since 1990, when San Francisco hosted the event.

The White House chose Friday, World AIDS Day, to announce that Bush would issue an executive order allowing HIV-positive people to enter the United States on short-term tourist or business visas without having to seek special permission.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: aids; aliens; bush; communicabledisease; communicablediseases; disease; hiv; immigrantlist; immigration; invasionusa; visas
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To: Doc Savage

Are you willing to be infected with it? If so, I think you should do it and then let us know how you do. I'm interested in your results.
susie


81 posted on 12/04/2006 6:21:00 PM PST by brytlea (amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)
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To: Dante3

He fooled me.

I voted for him TWICE and did volunteer work to help get him elected.


82 posted on 12/04/2006 6:35:38 PM PST by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) .)
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To: janetgreen
GWBush had absolutely no respect for American citizens/taxpayers

Bush Asks for $15 Billion to Fight AIDS in Africa

83 posted on 12/05/2006 2:58:02 AM PST by Fraulein
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To: janetgreen

JG ... I am severely over JR Bush and figure he was wet nursed early on by an illegal Mexican nanny!


84 posted on 12/05/2006 10:54:12 PM PST by LNewman
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To: Fraulein
bump
85 posted on 12/06/2006 8:11:21 AM PST by Fraulein
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To: janetgreen

Well, I would say something but then I would be accussed of bashing the President.


86 posted on 12/06/2006 8:12:51 AM PST by 7thson (I've got a seat at the big conference table! I'm gonna paint my logo on it!)
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