09/02/2013
https://www.congress.gov...
"I went to demonstrate the U.S. Government's support for the people of Belarus."
"I went at the behest of Secretary Clinton to deliver a strong message to the government about the mounting outrage in the international community."
"Since Aleksandr Lukashenko rose to power in 1994... he has consolidated virtually all power into his own hands."
"In today's Belarus, civil liberties are sharply restricted in almost every way imaginable."