Thursdays conference call with Mira Patel, Hillary Clinton's assistant on Foriegn Affairs, went very well. Ms. Patel was very receptive to our call and we spoke about the following:

Our list of "asks":

-A mention of Darfur in Ms. Clinton's opening remarks and commitment to Darfur as a top policy concern
-A high-level administration official in charge of Darfur/Sudan policy, committed to work full-time on the peace process
-Effective peace-keeping which includes a robust ground force with a competent lead nation and clear command structure and not allowing Khartoum to dictate terms of deployment
-Moving forward with the indictment of President Bashir, refusal to invoke Article 16, further indictments
-A practical and escalating menu of multilateral sanctions
-A ban on offensive military flights and enforcement of that ban
-Monitoring and enforcement of the ban on sale of ALL military weapons to Khartoum
-A press conference in the first hundred days of the administration to address Darfur
-Continuing to refer to Darfur as a genocide


Hillary Clinton has an A+ Darfur Score, http://www.darfurscores.org/grades/new%20york and is our ally in ending the genocide in Darfur.