article_snippet: Affleck, founder of the nonprofit Eastern Congo Initiative, was joined by Bill Gates, as the pair addressed members of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs.
article_snippet: Gates, the Microsoft founder and co-chairman of the world's largest private foundation, was seated next to Affleck and also testified about the importance of foreign aid.
article_snippet: Affleck was joined at the senate hearing by Microsoft founder and the world's richest man Bill Gates.
article_snippet: Affleck was joined by Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates for the hearing and both men urged the panel of Senators not to cut aid to Africa.
article_snippet: Affleck and Gates addressed members of a senate appropriations subcommittee meeting to discuss $50 billion spent on non-lethal aid to Africa, money that some senators want to cut .
highlights_snippet: Ben Affleck was joined by Bill Gates as the pair addressed members of a senate appropriations subcommittee .
  