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  • I think disease and all the things that we treat are tied to national security in a lot of ways that we maybe don't realize or that the American people don't realize. If other countries have a chance to be stable, then that helps us. If there are ways we can prevent if there are ways we can help other countries defeat diseases, we're about to totally eradicate polio. And can you imagine? That would be so terrific.

    "Laura Bush, Melinda Gates, CARE President on Women’s Issues, U.S. Foreign Aid". Interview with Judy Woodruff, www.pbs.org. March 9, 2011.
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