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Jun 18, 2002

C-Span covers AAI's Policy Forum on the Bush Administration and Africa

Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Africa, Rosa Whitaker
Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Africa, Rosa Whitaker

C-Span boradcasted coverage of AAI's one-day symposium, Is Africa important to the United States?—Perspectives from the Bush Administration. The event was held at the Charles Sumner Museum in Washington, D.C. and also featured a discussion on Africa's AIDS Crisis led by Scott Evertz from the Office of National AIDS Policy and moderated by Mora McLean, President & CEO of the Africa-America Institute.

AWalter Kansteiner, Assistant Secretary of State for Africa
Walter Kansteiner, Assistant Secretary of State for Africa

"'September 11 did change our world and did change our approach to Africa,' Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, Walter Kansteiner told a symposium sponsored by the Africa-America Institute (AAI), Wednesday. The events of that day brought Africa, a region of vague concern, into sharp focus..." Read the full article at allAfrica.com.