A US marketing consultant who described Aids as the "gay plague" has withdrawn his name from consideration for a government commission on the disease, amid controversy over his remarks.
Jerry Thacker was nominated on Thursday to Presidential George W Bush's advisory panel on HIV and Aids.
Friday's announcement came after the White House said that Mr Thacker's comments did not reflect President Bush's own view of the disease.
The president believes "that people with AIDS need to be treated with care, compassion," said a White House representative.
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