[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 77 (Thursday, June 15, 2006)]
[House]
[Pages H4012-H4013]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                        ETHIOPIA BORDER DISPUTE

  (Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota. Mr. Speaker, I am here today to call 
attention to what may become the next tragedy in Africa, the border 
dispute between Ethiopia and Eritrea.
  My constituents in Minnesota remember the destruction and death from 
the 1998 to 2000 war over the border that cost the lives of 70,000 
people. I urge the President and the Secretary of State to leave no 
stone unturned to bring a peaceful resolution to this matter.

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  Additionally, I urge my colleagues to join me in cosponsoring the 
Ethiopian Consolidation Act, which would advance human rights in the 
Horn of Africa and links U.S. foreign aid assistance to full compliance 
with the Algiers Agreement. We must see to it that the tragedy of the 
last decade is not repeated.

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