Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I rise today to highlight the following letter written by over 60 genocide scholars, including Dr. Samuel Totten of the University of Arkansas. Their letter urges the Obama administration to do more to end the humanitarian catastrophe occurring in South Kordofan and Blue Nile States of Sudan. Last summer I joined a group of bipartisan Senators in making a similar request of the administration. Unfortunately, humanitarian aid to South Kordofan and Blue Nile continues to be severely limited and the violence has not ceased. I applaud the authors of this letter for their continued advocacy to ensure that another genocide does not occur in Sudan, and I ask unanimous consent that it be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: August 31, 2012. To: President Barack Obama; Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice; Special Assistant to the President Samantha Power. From: The Undersigned Genocide Scholars Subject: Humanitarian Catastrophe in South Kordofan and Blue Nile States of Sudan Dear President Obama, Secretary of State Clinton, Ambassador Rice and Special Assistant Power: On June 6, 2011, the Sudanese regime, led by indicted war criminal Omar al- Bashir, unleashed a wave of targeted ethnic killings against the people of the Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan state, Sudan.…”