Sen. Leahy Issues Statement on Scourge of Landmines in Yemen
June 21, 2019
June 21, 2019
WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vermont, issued the following statement on the scourge of landmines in Yemen:
"I have spent much of my career in the Senate working to eradicate landmines, which kill and maim far more civilians than combatants.These insidious, inherently indiscriminate weapons often remain active for years or even decades after the fighting has ended and the soldiers have left, lying in wait for the unsuspecting footstep of a child on her way to . . .
"I have spent much of my career in the Senate working to eradicate landmines, which kill and maim far more civilians than combatants.These insidious, inherently indiscriminate weapons often remain active for years or even decades after the fighting has ended and the soldiers have left, lying in wait for the unsuspecting footstep of a child on her way to . . .