Washington, Aug. 12 -- Representative James P. McGovern issued the following press release:
Today, Representative James P. McGovern (D-MA), Ranking Member of the House Rules Committee and Co-Chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, wrote to Secretary of State Marco Rubio urging him to center human rights and civilian protection in all United States engagement in the Central Sahel, a region in West Africa that encompasses Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger.
Citing expert testimony delivered at a May 14 hearing of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, the letter raises alarms about the "precarity and violence of life in the region, which boasts the world's fastest growing theaters for armed Islamists allied to Al Qaeda and the Islamic...