Bob Geldof in Ethiopia

national | miscellaneous | news report Wednesday May 28, 2003 18:49 by Irish American

Those mean Americans are at it again!

For Mr. McKenna.

Geldof Lauds Bush Administration Over African Aid

Reuters Wednesday, May 28, 2003; 1:11 PM
By Kate Holton and Tsegaye Tadesse
AWASSA, Ethiopia (Reuters) - Live Aid founder Bob Geldof shocked the international aid community on Wednesday by praising President Bush's administration as one of Africa's best friends in their fight against AIDS and famine. Bush on Tuesday signed into law a $15 billion plan to help fund the fight against AIDS in Africa and the Caribbean, a move which aid agencies welcomed. "That is extremely radical and welcoming...and will take the fight against AIDS to new heights," Geldof told reporters. The Irish musician and activist said Bush's predecessor Bill Clinton talked passionately about Africa, but had done little, while the European Union had provided a "pathetic and appalling" response to the continent's humanitarian crisis.