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...Yasser Arafat?s security forces in a crackdown on Hamas, it?s far from inconceivable that this policy would change. But there are a number of other Islamist terror organizations in the region, such as Egypt?s Islamic Jihad, that have both local grievances with the U.S. and the proven capacity to operate beyond their home ground, as well as sharing the generalized hostility to attempts to persuade Arafat to sign away Palestinian claims on East Jerusalem...
Ninety-five percent of the 1,500 infants infected with HIV live in countries too poor to mount an effective prevention effort, according to the press release. But with shorter and less expensive treatments now proven feasible, prevention efforts will be boosted...
Unlike Gore, Bush has proven himself an effective educational reformer. Due to his leadership as governor, Texas ranks first in the nation in overall student improvement in testing. The number of low-income and minority students passing the state skills test increased by 87 percent during the Bush administration. For each of the last six years Texas students in all ethnic groups and across all grade levels have advanced in fundamental reading and math proficiency. In our education policy we must leave no child behind. American children deserve the very best we can offer...
...committee also addressed the problem of social barriers. It noted that the federal government planned to spend money on abstinence programs without any evidence that they worked. On the other hand, safe-sex education has proven to have an effect...
...committee also recommended that all laws and policies preventing the use of proven preventive strategies be abolished. They particularly cited federal, state and local requirements preventing public funds from being used for safe-sex education...