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Candidates Unite in Decrying Genocide in Darfur
Thursday, May 29th, 2008

In the midst of an often contentious campaign season, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and John McCain issued a rare joint statement today, deploring the atrocities in the Darfur region of Sudan. Referring to the violence there as “genocide,” the three presidential candidates appealed to the Sudanese government to end the violence, and vowed to make Darfur a priority.

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