Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act Introduced

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From Friends Committee on National Legislation (http://www.fcnl.org):

On Wednesday, 17 senators introduced the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act — legislation to shore up the U.S. capacity to prevent deadly conflict. At a time when President Trump has proposed cutting diplomacy and development funding by a third, this is big news. And this bill is a milestone in atrocities prevention work; the bipartisan list of original cosponsors reaffirms that atrocities prevention isn’t a partisan issue (here’s why cosponsors matter).

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