World AIDS Day 2009 is a date that many U.S. activists in the fight against the spread of HIV/AIDS thought would be a high water mark in their decades-long struggle against the deadly disease. President George W. Bush had dramatically increased U.S. AIDS funding during his term in office — albeit with caveats activists say hurt some of their efforts — and President Obama had promised to do even more on the campaign trail.
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