WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 20: Three people wear hats inscribed with the word 'hope' with the Barack Obama presidential campaign's trademark logo of the rising sun as about 1,000 people from cities such as New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, DC, gather to challenge President-elect Barack Obama to put an end to the AIDS epidemic in the United States and around the world at a rally in McPhearson Square on November 20, 2008 in Washington, DC. The demonstrators marched to the White House and called on Obama to help people living with HIV and AIDS gain access to affordable housing, Medicare and Medicaid, and to increase funding for needle exchange and other prevention programs. Getty Images logo Getty Images 14 months ago

WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 20: Three people wear hats inscribed with the word 'hope' with the Barack Obama presidential campaign's trademark logo of the rising sun as about 1,000 people from cities such as New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, DC, gather to challenge President-elect Barack Obama to put an end to the AIDS epidemic in the United States and around the world at a rally in McPhearson Square on November 20, 2008 in Washington, DC. The demonstrators marched to the White House and called on Obama to help people living with HIV and AIDS gain access to affordable housing, Medicare and Medicaid, and to increase funding for needle exchange and other prevention programs.

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