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Burgess Owens: And then, of course, we have read in newspaper reports emanating from France that the attitude of the Mitterand…

On the recordMay 5, 1998
And then, of course, we have read in newspaper reports emanating from France that the attitude of the Mitterand government was that these are just black people killing each other and that is what black people do. And so then, of course, it was all right for the French to continue to arm the Rwandans despite the fact that this is the kind of thing that was happening. This is genocide.
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Burgess Owens
Republican · Utah

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Discussing the French government's response to the Rwandan genocide.

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