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Jon Temin is vice president for policy and programs at the Truman Center for National Policy and a former member of the Policy Planning Staff of the U.S. Department of State.
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Fight AIDS in Africa, Not Democracy
PEPFAR has a messaging problem: It's helping to weaken countries' commitments to democratic governance.