Carol J. Thompson was a Director of the

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(ONAP) for nearly two years during the administration of

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Carol Thompson
Whitehouse.gov archives, accessed August 12, 2009. She served as Acting Director from August 2003 until President George W. Bush appointed her as Director in April 2004."Bush Settles on Chief of National AIDS Policy Office"

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, May 13, 2004. She resigned in early 2006 to take a job as Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs with the

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"Africa:Health and Security Lecture Series"
, "Seton Hall University", October 15, 2008. Previously, Thompson had worked in the government sector at the

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and in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. She was employed in the private sector at a pharmaceutical trade lobby group, the Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers Association of America. Thompson has a B.A. degree from the

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. Thompson's appointment as director of the ONAP was criticized because, unlike the two previous Bush-appointed directors of the office, she was neither a medical professional nor gay. However, one gay rights group stated that Thompson's qualifications were irrelevant because the Bush administration had not committed adequate funds to fighting AIDS.

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