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Updated November 29, 2011 2:08 p.m.

President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush will speak Thursday at an event hosted by the ONE and  (RED) campaigns  in The George Washington University's Jack Morton Auditorium, White House officials said Monday.

The event, entitled "The Beginning of the End of AIDS," will be held on Thursday, World AIDS Day, at 10 a.m.

The event will feature an in-person panel consisting of Obama, U2 lead singer Bono, Alicia Keys, and Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.

Former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush will join the panel discussion via satellite from Tanzania. Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete is also scheduled to speak, via satellite, to the gathering.

According to university spokeswoman Michelle Sherrard, the School of Media and Public Affairs building will be closed for the event. Sherrard said that there will be road closures in and around the SMPA building. University officials are planning to send an email will be sent to faculty and students late Tuesday or early Wednesday.

It is not clear whether tickets will be made available to GW students.

According to Sherrard, ticketing is controlled by ONE. The university is just providing the venue.

Other confirmed panelists for the event include Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., Patricia Nkansah-Asamoah, the director of PMTCT Clinic at Tema Hospital in Accra, Ghana, Florence Ngobeni, an HIV educator and ambassador for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation and Kay Warren, the  founder of the HIV & AIDS Initiative.

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