[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 85 (Tuesday, June 8, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H4218]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         MISTAKEN SUDAN POLICY

  (Mr. WOLF asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WOLF. Madam Speaker, BBC reported yesterday that roughly 600 
people were killed in Darfur in May, a new high since peacekeepers were 
deployed in 2008. Additional thousands have fled their homes.
  Against this backdrop, an internationally indicted war criminal was 
inaugurated as President of Sudan. And, unbelievably, the Obama 
administration sent a U.S. Government representative to the ceremony, 
thereby conferring a sense of legitimacy on Bashir's genocidal rule.
  Leading Sudan advocacy groups expressed their dismay. Enough's John 
Prendergast said, quote, ``The administration missed an opportunity to 
build leverage and lead by example. Getting nothing in return for this 
reversal of longstanding U.S. policy is baffling and ineffective 
diplomacy.'' I could not agree more.
  Vice President Biden is leading a delegation to Africa this week. He 
will be the highest-ranking U.S. official to meet with Southern 
Sudanese President Salva Kiir. We can only hope that this trip marks 
the start of a new beginning for the administration's long-faltering 
and ineffective Sudan policy.

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