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Elie Wiesel's Letter to President Clinton
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| News Date | Sunday, October 31, 1999 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The Honorable William Jefferson Clinton
President of the United States
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mr. President:
I write this letter with a heavy heart but also with hope, based on my confidence in the depth of your commitment to human rights.
With many other Americans, I have been moved by your leadership and resolve to achieve a just peace in Kosovo. I have also admired your expressions of regret over America's failure to act against the Rwandan genocide, and for your resolve to avoid such tragedies in the future.
Last year's "never again" speech at the Kigali airport, and your recent commitment to ensure that Rwanda-like massacres do not happen again in Africa, express views that I know you deeply hold. Combined with your remarkable post-Kosovo pledge to marshal American power against tyrants who "come … after innocent civilians and try to kill them an masse because of their race, their ethnic background or their religion," they reflect America at its noblest. If these commitments are based on a non-utopian realism and acted on with firmness, they will usher in an enduring legacy of your tenure.
This brings me to Sudan, site of the world's most long-lasting religious persecution and genocide. I have never visited this country but I know people who are deeply involved with trying to end its tragic upheavals. How could I not respond to their appeal for help? |
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