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May 6 - Journalist Colum Lynch: Why US Resisted Intervening in Rwandan Genocide

It is almost 21 years since the world's worst outbreak of genocidal mass murder ravaged the central African nation of Rwanda, but just last month newly released government documents provided new insights into why America resisted request to intervene to stop the slaughter.   Reporter Colum Lynch of foreignpolicy.com broke the story.  He told KSFR's Dave Marash on HERE AND THERE about a cable from a human rights specialist on the National Security Council Eric Schwartz to his Council colleague Susan Rice calling her attention to the Rwanda violence. For the At Noon excerpt of this interview, Click Here. For a full podcast of this episode of HERE AND THERE, Click Here