This was a reward for his governments work with the U.S. on the war on terrorism. The government of Sudan is officially designated a "state sponsor of terrorism." The government of Sudan has participated in the murder and terrorizing of tens of thousands of their own citizens. The women and children I met in the refugee camps were victims of the Sudanese governments terror. It is beyond my belief that a senior official complicit in this terror. this genocide could be jetted to Washington with our tax dollars to be commended for his "counterterrorism" efforts. This episode is offensive. a slap in the face to every survivor of this horrible ethnic cleansing and is truly a betrayal of the value we share as Americans.