SEN. FEINGOLD ISSUES STATEMENT ON ESCALATING VIOLENCE IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
October 29, 2008
October 29, 2008
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis., made the following remarks:
"I am very concerned about the recent escalation in violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Last year, I traveled to North Kiva, where the fighting is taking place, and saw firsthand the grave suffering of people who have lived through a decade of armed conflict. Renewed violence only worsens this suffering and has left hundreds of thousands more people displaced. The U.S. should conti . . .
"I am very concerned about the recent escalation in violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Last year, I traveled to North Kiva, where the fighting is taking place, and saw firsthand the grave suffering of people who have lived through a decade of armed conflict. Renewed violence only worsens this suffering and has left hundreds of thousands more people displaced. The U.S. should conti . . .