On the face of it, this article has to do with Bush's "Faith-Based Initiative", but in actuality, from the political side, they're after voters. On the religious side, they're after converts and power, and some are trying to help unfortunates while they're at it. So here's the opening words. Go to www.latimes.com/nation to read the rest:
May 29, 2005
latimes.com : Nation
A U.S. Faith Initiative for Africa
Secretary of State Rice and black pastors discuss a joint effort to fight AIDS.By Peter Wallsten and Tom Hamburger, Times Staff Writers
WASHINGTON — Escalating its courtship of a politically powerful constituency, the Bush administration is teaming up with some of the nation's best-known and most influential black clergy to craft a new role for U.S. churches in Africa.The effort was launched last week, when more than two dozen leading African American religious figures met privately with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and senior White House officials at the State Department, according to administration officials and meeting participants.....
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