Date: Fri, 8 Jul 1994 21:00-0400
From: The White House <Publications-Admin@whitehouse.gov>

                            THE WHITE HOUSE

                     Office of the Press Secretary

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For Immediate Release                                       July 8, 1994


     STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT


     Kristine Gebbie, the first National AIDS Policy
Coordinator, served ably and with dedication as a member of our
Administration. With her help, the Federal Government finally
began exercising real leadership in response to this terrible
epidemic.  Working together, we boosted funding for the Ryan
White Care Act, increased resources for prevention and
research, sped the research and approval process for new drugs,
and required every federal employee to receive comprehensive
workplace education. While more needs to be done - and more
will be done -- to fight AIDS, Kristine Gebbie's service as the
nation's first AIDS policy coordinator gave this vitally
important battle a lift when one was desperately needed and
long overdue.


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