[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 74 (Tuesday, May 6, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E829]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. DEAN HELLER

                               of nevada

                    in the house of representatives

                          Tuesday, May 6, 2008

  Mr. HELLER of Nevada. Madam Speaker, on rollcall No. 242, H. Res. 
1011--Calling on the United States Government and the international 
community to promptly develop, fund, and implement a comprehensive 
regional strategy to protect civilians, facilitate humanitarian 
operations, contain and reduce violence, and contribute to conditions 
for sustainable peace and good governance in Chad, as well as in the 
wider region that includes the northern region of the Central African 
Republic and the Darfur region of Sudan--had I been present, I would 
have voted ``yea.''

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