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On April 21, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof authored a piece that closed with the following words: ‘If President Obama is ever going to find his voice on Sudan, it had better be soon.’

Two weeks after the article ran I wrote the president, and I submit a copy of the letter for the Record, putting forth a number of recommendations in the hopes of salvaging the administration’s languishing Sudan policy.  My concerns echoed those voiced by six respected NGOs who the week prior had run an ad in The Washington Post and Politico calling for Secretary Clinton and Ambassador Rice to exercise ‘personal and sustained leadership on Sudan’ in the face of a ‘stalemated policy’ and waning U.S. credibility as a mediator.

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