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Bush Under Fire for Delaying Action on Darfur
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Agence France-Presse
Thursday 12 April 2007
Washington - The Bush administration came under intense fire in Congress Wednesday after a senior official revealed the president had again delayed imposing sanctions against Sudan over its handling of the conflict in Darfur.
Joe Biden "We've run out of patience," said an irate Senator Benjamin Cardin after being told President George W. Bush canceled plans to impose sanctions against Sudan last month so the United Nations could pursue negotiations with Khartoum.
Andrew Natsios, Bush's special envoy to Sudan, told a Senate panel the delay was decided because UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon had requested another two to four weeks to persuade Khartoum to allow UN peacekeepers into Darfur.
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