the most important thing that we can do is to be consistent in our messaging.

However, the progress made in this region is fragile and it is at great risk.

They have argued that some of the adoptions were not done legally and because of that they want to investigate.

It has a lot to do with political stability. It has a lot to do with government policies.

We have put undue pressure on the government to relinquish these children and to allow them to exit the country.

I think the other leverage is to really put pressure on the region, on the EAC, on the AU.

I am honored to testify here today with Special Envoy to the Great Lakes Region of Africa, Tom Perriello, one of your former colleagues.

This is an ongoing subject with the Rwandan Government at every level.

We have raised our concerns about human rights violations, about reports and allegations of extrajudicial killings.

it is something that we work very, very closely with MONUSCO on.

This will have a real deep impact on our future engagement with the Rwandans.

And I see this in terms of a political issue as well.