He said, if you can get $100 million from Washington, we can start this program. And Colin Powell said, what do you think, Tom? I said, I love the idea. … George W. Bush announced he was going to put in $100 million into [the Global Fund]. … great. Congress wanted to up it, and they put in 200 million. And that was the start of the global fund, which has saved millions of lives. That's right. And. (50:06–50:44)
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Asserts that President George W. Bush committed $100 million to the Global Fund.
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