Upon arrival in Bangladesh, we have been
briefed that many of them require immediate lifesaving assistance. To put this severity in some measure of context, yesterday, our
Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development
characterized the resulting population movement as ``almost
unprecedented''--almost unprecedented--amidst all of the other
challenges we have seen in recent years, including the migrant crisis
coming out of the Middle East and across the shores of the
Mediterranean. Some research suggests the refugee flow from Burma has
been swifter than the exodus from Rwanda in 1994. Many Americans will say: You know, honestly, we have a lot of
challenges in the world. Why should I care about this one?
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