They wanted to go home to their homes which no longer existed. When we were there. we visited with them. And after a day in the refugee camp. our bipartisan delegation traveled to Khartoum to meet with Vice President Taha. He asked us. he said. "The Sudanese people want to know. why are you so interested in Sudanese domestic affairs? I know the American people are freethinking people. but maybe your freethinking does not create a clear understanding of the facts in my country." Vice President Taha was denying what we had seen with our very own eyes that day. refugee children struggling in the heat without shade. without adequate clothing and sleeping in makeshift tents that were made. some of them. from USAID food bags stitched together. The Darfuris are forced to walk miles outside the camps for firewood and water. with the constant fear that they may be attacked. As Vice President Taha was denying all of this. we could not help recalling the stories of villages torched. women raped. children kidnapped and men tortured and killed.