What George W. Bush Did Right . 
George W Bush
"Bush wanted to do the right thing by fulfilling this humanitarian impulse ," says Chow . 
In so doing , Chow contends , Bush paved the way for an era in which global health assistance has become a prominent new instrument of U.S. statecraft . 
By contrast , only a few Americans have ever heard of PEPFAR , the U.S. President 's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief , which President Bush announced in his State of the Union address in 2003 . 
The name might surprise you : it 's George W. Bush . 
That 's partly because the United States has done very little to publicize the success of PEPFAR , and partly because the Bush presidency was overshadowed by much more high-profile aspects of his foreign policy -LRB- such as the invasion of Iraq -RRB- . 
Indeed , Bush still enjoys high popularity ratings in Africa , where he 's widely regarded as one of the continent 's great benefactors . 
At the same time , I think it 's a tragedy that the foreign policy shortcomings of the Bush administration have conspired to obscure his most positive legacy -- not least because it saved so many lives , but because there 's so much that Americans and the rest of the world can learn from it . 
"Bush did more to stop AIDS and more to help Africa than any president before or since ," says New York Times correspondent Peter Baker , who 's writing a history of the Bush-Cheney White House that 's due to appear in October . 
If it were n't for Iraq , it would be one of the main things history would remember about Bush , and it still should be part of any accounting of his presidency ." 
In his 2003 speech , President Bush called upon Congress to sponsor an ambitious program to supply antiretroviral drugs and other treatments to HIV sufferers in Africa .
"[TGT] wanted to do the right thing by fulfilling this humanitarian impulse ," says Chow . 
In so doing , Chow contends , [TGT] paved the way for an era in which global health assistance has become a prominent new instrument of U.S. statecraft . 
By contrast , only a few Americans have ever heard of PEPFAR , [TGT] 's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief , which [TGT] announced in [TGT] State of the Union address in 2003 . 
The name might surprise you : it 's [TGT] . 
That 's partly because the United States has done very little to publicize the success of PEPFAR , and partly because the [TGT] presidency was overshadowed by much more high-profile aspects of [TGT] foreign policy -LRB- such as the invasion of Iraq -RRB- . 
Indeed , [TGT] still enjoys high popularity ratings in Africa , where [TGT] 's widely regarded as one of the continent 's great benefactors . 
At the same time , I think it 's a tragedy that the foreign policy shortcomings of the [TGT] administration have conspired to obscure [TGT] most positive legacy -- not least because it saved so many lives , but because there 's so much that Americans and the rest of the world can learn from it . 
[TGT] did more to stop AIDS and more to help Africa than any president before or since ," says New York Times correspondent Peter Baker , who 's writing a history of the Bush-Cheney White House that 's due to appear in October . 
If it were n't for Iraq , it would be one of the main things history would remember about [TGT] , and it still should be part of any accounting of [TGT] presidency ." 
In [TGT] 2003 speech , [TGT] called upon Congress to sponsor an ambitious program to supply antiretroviral drugs and other treatments to HIV sufferers in Africa .