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Report Gives Obama Advice on Handling Genocide Threats


[Washington Post] Michael Abramowitz - A report released Monday by a task force led by former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former Defense Secretary William Cohen recommends that Obama create a high-level forum in the White House to direct the government's response to threats of genocide, focus intelligence analysis on potential cases of mass atrocities, and provide more funds for crisis prevention and response. "Preventing genocide is an achievable goal," the report says. "There are ways to recognize [genocide's] signs and symptoms, and viable options to prevent it at every turn if we are committed and prepared." The task force was convened by the U.S. Institute of Peace, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and the American Academy of Diplomacy.
2008-12-08 01:00:00
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