George Bush gives speech on AIDS crisis

Title

George Bush gives speech on AIDS crisis

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

30 Mar 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:03:09

Description

US President George H. W. Bush has made a speech addressing the subject of AIDS. In an excerpt he touches on discrimination, cures, and the deaths of his own loved ones. Tim Sweeney of Gay Men’s Health Crisis, in New York, comments on the speech, saying that funding and Government support is needed. Paul Woodley reports from New York.

Contributors

Paul Woodley; George H. W. Bush; Tim Sweeney

Keywords

USA; Deaths; Government; Health; Public finance; New York; Discrimination; Medical treatment; AIDS; George H. W. Bush; Gay Men’s Health Crisis

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