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Canuck in DC Watch: Romeo Dallaire

From his press release: “While the Canadian government remains shamefully silent on the issue, Senator Roméo Dallaire (Force Commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda) is working to boost support for former child soldier Omar Khadr in Washington, where several members of Congress, both Republicans and Democrats, have called for the closure of the detention centre in Guantánamo Bay.

While on Capitol Hill, Senator Dallaire met with several senior members of Congress and administration officials to discuss Mr. Khadr’s case, Representative William Delahunt, Chair of the Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight, and Representative Jerrold Nadler, Chairman of the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Subcommittee…”

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