Longtime Bush aide stumps in Seattle

Longtime Bush aide stumps in Seattle: "Longtime Bush aide stumps in Seattle

By ANGELO BRUSCAS
P-I REPORTER

From Bill Gates to President Bush to rock star Bono, undersecretary of state Karen Hughes drew on some of her global connections to spread the word in Seattle Monday that private and corporate giving can help reshape lives internationally in a post-9/11 world.

The longtime Bush aide and former presidential communications guru has a new job now – to enhance America’s image abroad.

But on Monday, Hughes met with the Gates Foundation and members of the Initiative for Global Development to encourage Americans at home to do more and give more in world efforts to reduce poverty, eliminate the spread of Aids in Africa and encourage free trade and rebuild countries in chaos after natural disasters such as the tsunami in Indonesia."