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IPS: U.S. Officials Disagree Over Sudan Strategy

By Danielle Kurtzleben

With the need for a comprehensive approach toward Sudan growing more urgent every day, U.S. policy remains a topic of disagreement amongst top Washington officials and even within the Barack Obama administration itself. Testifying at a Thursday Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan Michael Gration stated that the Obama administration will unveil a new comprehensive policy stance toward Sudan in the coming weeks. "We anticipate that in the next three weeks, that we'll be able to have a rollout of this strategy. I think you'll see from this strategy that it is very comprehensive," said Gration, adding that the strategy "includes incentives and pressures".

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