President's Global Health Initiative

The President's Global Health Initiative is resoundingly vague. I see Tommy Thompson in the reference to neglected tropical diseases (really? that's one of our national priorities?), and Joseph Nye and other smart and snappy pol-fashionistas in the reference to smart power. Fortunately the Millenium Development Goals were snuck in there as a nod to gravitas.

You can view the President's statement by clicking on my title, or here's the URL: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Statement-by-the-President-on-Global-Health-Initiative/