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RI on TV - RI Board Member Richard Holbrooke on the Newshour

Darfur 2004 - Armed Janjaweed in an IDP Camp
09/16/2004

Refugees International Board Member Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, joined by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, discussed the crisis in Darfur on the Newshour with Jim Lehrer. Holbrooke called for greater action by the United States to address the political and humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan.

From the Newshour...

...For an eyewitness view of what's going on, we turn now to two people who have recently traveled to Darfur. Sen. Bill Frist of Tennessee is the Senate majority leader, and Richard Holbrooke, former ambassador to the U.N. during the Clinton administration; he's on the board of Refugees International. Welcome to you both...

Link to the Newshour website for a transcript of the program or to watch the streaming video.