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OCR Page 1 of 49THE WHITE HOUSE
March 26, 1996
Dear Friends:
I am excited to bring to your attention a number of important
recent advances in the fight against AIDS. Because of technical
difficulties this document will be broken into three separate
faxes. (You may have received the first several pages last week
when we first attempted to send the fax.)
The first fax will contain:
Remarks by Patsy Fleming, the National AIDS Policy Director,
on the Clinton Administration's Fiscal Year 1997 AIDS
Budget.
The second fax will contain:
The President's budget for the upcoming fiscal year includes
an overall increase in AIDS research of 5 percent a
particularly important number in light of general budget
cuts. Since President Clinton took office, federal AIDS
research funding has increased 26 percent.
The final fax will contain:
The executive summary of a report entitled, "Youth &
HIV/AIDS: An American Agenda. " that was conducted and
released by the Office of National AIDS Policy, at the
direction of President Clinton. One-quarter of all new HIV
infections are estimated to occur in young people between
the ages of 13 and 20, meaning two Americans under the age
of 20 become infected with HIV every hour of the day. This
is an important study in an area that had not previously
received the attention it deserves.
The White House press release concerning the state AIDS drug
assistance programs (ADAP). As has been widely reported,
the Food and Drug Administration has just approved three
AIDS-related drugs at record setting paces. In order to
make these newly approved drugs more available to those who
might not otherwise have access to them, President Clinton
asked Congress to increase by $52 million the 1996 budget
request for Ryan White AIDS Treatment grants.