Clinton Global Initiative Garners $63 Billion

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First Lady Michelle Obama (R) speaks while former President Bill Clinton (L) looks on during the closing plenary session of the annual Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in New York City, 23 Sep 2010.

The Clinton Global Initiative has concluded its annual meeting in New York with multi-billion dollar commitments from participants to help address problems of poverty, disease and injustice around the world.
Former President Bill Clinton told the CGI's final plenary session that the organization has garnered more than 1,950 commitments now valued at $63 billion impacting just under 300 million lives in about 170 countries.
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