We need to have a very aggressive, strong, principled stand and not just words but action that can mobilize the region and the world with us.
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Call for decisive action against the junta in Burma to protect citizens.
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Sanctions, I believe, need to remain in place and that only when clear progress is demonstrated should we incrementally and very, very prudently begin to make reversible changes.
I think it is extremely important for any aid package that goes to Burma... should be very, very clearly directed that it goes directly to the people and the services that are needed.
The people of Burma are rising up from all walks of life, every ethnic and religious background, and from every corner of the nation as a diverse yet powerfully unified whole.
I think that Congressman Crowley's call for action-for-action approach is exactly what is needed and is exactly what is missing.





