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Washington Blade - January 22, 2009
The sources claim that Obama's senior advisers were concerned about the negative reaction from some AIDS activists and reproductive rights groups to news that Dybul would be staying on.
The development comes just a week after Dybul reportedly was asked to rescind his resignation and stay in his job. Dybul, who is gay, was appointed by former President George W. Bush.
In his role as Global AIDS Coordinator, Dybul, a physician, has been in charge of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, a multi-billion dollar program to fight AIDS in developing countries in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean. The program enjoys widespread bipartisan support and is considered one of Bush's most successful initiatives.
As the Blade reported last week, a number of AIDS and reproductive rights groups have urged Obama to replace Dybul with someone the groups see as more likely to change the Bush administration's insistence that at least some international AIDS relief funds be linked to abstinence-only programs.
Among the groups calling on Obama to replace Dybul as AIDS coordinator are the International Women's Health Coalition and the Sexuality Information & Education Council of the United States, which advocates, among other things, for gay-sensitive sex education programs.
The Blade will have more on this developing story as information becomes available.
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