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 DEPARTMENTS | "2008 Daniel of the Year" December 13, 2008

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Underrated and misunderstood

With the media spotlight on his successor, President George Bush quietly received the first International Medal of PEACE for his fight against HIV/AIDS and malaria. Before a small audience of several hundred, including White House staff and supporters from think tanks and nonprofits at the Saddleback Civil Forum on Global Health in Washington, pastor Rick Warren presented the medal to the president on Dec. 1, World AIDS Day. Since its inception five years ago, The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has treated more than 2.1 million people living with the virus around the world, which exceeded the administration's goal. Prior to the president's HIV/AIDS program, only 50,000 people were receiving antiretroviral treatment for AIDS. "It's the most underrated and misunderstood program of this administration," said Warren, who referred to PEPFAR as a "BHAG" (big, hairy, audacious goal).

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