An e-mail:

I just returned from Yei, Sudan on Wednesday of this week while conducting
a political training session with the SPLM on an International Republican
Institute program funded by the State Department. The people of southern
Sudan are grateful for the Bush Administrations support in bringing
Khartoum to the table. The only way Khartoum will implement the agreed to
protocols in the cease-fire and what will eventually become a peace treaty
will be with continued pressure from the US, UK AU and UN. The entire
country is in a tragic situation, but I admire and respect the southern
people’s will to fight for their freedom, independence and self
determination.