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U.S. Rep. Brad Miller was one of about 20 lawmakers who met with President Bush at the White House on Thursday to hear a report about Bush's recent trip to Africa and to discuss legislation to fight HIV/AIDS on that continent.

Miller, a Raleigh Democrat, traveled to Africa last year.

The House foreign affairs committee this week passed legislation to spend $50 billion on HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment in Africa in the next five years. It now goes to the full House floor, and then to the Senate.

The bill includes language from Miller that tries to ensure that the money is spent according to the latest scientific knowledge about treatment and prevention. Miller has a separate oversight bill on the issue as well.

That one echoes scientific language in the authorization of funding, and also would require a five-year strategic plan on improving operations of the HIV/AIDS program.

UNC-CH's list stands at 20

Members of a UNC-Chapel Hill search committee have interviewed about 20 candidates for the university's top job.

"We're very pleased with that pool, and I think it bodes well for the rest of the process," said Nelson Schwab, the search committee's chairman, Thursday in brief remarks before the committee went behind closed doors to discuss those candidates.

The committee is looking for a replacement for James Moeser, who has been UNC-CH's chancellor since 2000. The university hopes to have Moeser's successor in place by July 1. Bill Funk, a headhunter assisting in the search, credited the search committee for spending the time to interview that many candidates.

"This is the way all searches should be done," Funk said, adding that universities often hold face-to-face interviews with only about eight finalists.

The committee has not publicly identified any candidates.

Three join Public Policy

The N.C. Center for Public Policy Research has added three board members.

Ken Eudy, chief executive officer of Raleigh public relations firm Capstrat; Natalie English, senior vice president of the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce; and Betty Craven, president of the Warner Foundation, have been elected to the center's board of directors.

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