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handle is hein.cbhear/cbhearings81211 and id is 1 raw text is: FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING,
AND      RELATED        PROGRAMS APPROPRIA-
TIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005
TUESDAY, MAY 18, 2004
U.S. SENATE,
SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS,
Washington, DC.
The subcommittee met at 10:35 a.m., in room SD-124, Dirksen
Senate Office Building, Hon. Mike DeWine presiding.
Present: Senators McConnell, DeWine, Leahy, Durbin, and
Landrieu.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
OFFICE OF THE U.S. GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR
STATEMENT OF HON. RANDALL L. TOBIAS, COORDINATOR
OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR MICHAEL DE WINE
Senator DEWINE. Let me welcome all of you today. Senator
McConnell asked that I preside and begin the hearing as he cur-
rently has another commitment, but he will be here shortly to join
us.
Today's subcommittee hearing on the fiscal year 2005 budget re-
quest for HIV/AIDS consists of two panels. Global HIV/AIDS Coor-
dinator Randall Tobias will be the sole witness on the first panel,
followed by DATA founding member Bono on the second.
Senator Leahy and I will make brief opening remarks, followed
by Ambassador Tobias. We will then proceed to 5-minute rounds of
questions and answers. At approximately 11:20, about the time we
may have a vote on the floor, we will move to our second panel.
In the interest of time, I ask that our witnesses summarize their
remarks and we will insert their full statements into the record.
My colleagues should know that we will keep the record open for
any written questions they wish to submit to our witnesses, and I
request our witnesses to respond to these questions, of course, in
a timely manner.
Our hearing today is a chance for us to take a look at where we
have been in terms of how our funding allocations have been spent
in regard to AIDS and what the plans are for the future of the
President's Global AIDS Initiative. We are privileged to have before
us today on the first panel Ambassador Tobias, who serves as the
Coordinator of this very important initiative. He will testify on the

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