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“The heart of the security agenda is protecting lives, and we now know that the number of people who will die of AIDS in the first decade of the 21st Century will rival the number that died in all the wars in all the decades of the 20th century.”

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Al Gore
Al Gore

Former U.S. Vice President, climate advocate, and politician. Al Gore served as the Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He was awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his contributions to the fight against climate change. more

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