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Botswana National Day   Location: Washington, DC  On behalf of
President Obama and the people of the United States, I offer
warm wishes to the people of Botswana on the 47th anniversary of
your independence on September 30.  Our close friendship and
partnership is grounded in shared values and aspirations for a
more peaceful, stable and prosperous world.  I am especially
proud of our partnership in the fight against HIV/AIDS. This is
a deeply personal issue for me.  During my travels as a Senator
and now as Secretary of State, I've seen firsthand the
compassion of caregivers who devote their lives to this cause;
children left with no choice but to assume adult
responsibilities at a tender age; and single mothers praying
that AIDS would not make their children orphans.  Our shared
fight against HIV/AIDS is far from over. But together, we have
made important strides: those receiving an HIV positive
diagnosis, who were once presumed to be facing an immi