President Bush holds meeting with South Sudanese President and discusses LRA crisis

On the same day that the LRA was committing massive attacks in southern Sudan, the President of the Government of South Sudan, Salva Kiir was meeting with President Bush at the White House. The two heads of state discussed the LRA activity. In a press conference following their meeting, Kiir said:

"We also talked of the issue of the LRA -- that is the Lord's Resistance Army in Northern Uganda, which has now shifted to Congo and Southern Sudan -- and how to handle this. This is the terrorist of the -- (inaudible) -- that does not have any respect of human rights. And we'll have to deal with it so that they have to accept the regional changes that are happening and to be brought to end of conflict."

Despite the news of unimaginable violence coming out of the region, it's at least a ray of hope that the crisis has made it onto the agenda of the U.S. president. Just a few years ago, this would not have been the case, and the increased profile of this crisis is a direct result of the hard work of so many of you to bring it to the attention of our leaders.