Jose Ramos-Horta Quotes
Working together, they will dig out the truth and nothing but the truth about what happened in '99, to assign responsibility, and to look at the institutional failings.
Ramos-Horta, José. "An Interview with José Ramos-Horta." Journal of International Affairs, vol. 60, no. 1, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, 2006, pp. 119-127.
Other leaders of the time also didn’t comprehend what was happening. See Dole {599943}. Later, Clinton apologized to the Rwandans. See {598255}.
Traditionally, countries did not allow their citizens to sue foreign sovereign governments in U. S. Courts. The main reason was one of retaliation problems ensuing. Citizens in foreign countries might then sue the United States for the damage cause by our soldiers actions such as Iraq or Afghanistan. Traditionally governments do not sue each other in civil courts. In this case, the President, Secretary of State and Defense Secretary pleaded with Congress not to pass this bill. But they passed it anyway, and President Obama veto’d it. Then the House and Senate overrode the Presidents veto on September 28, 2015 causing Schemer who led the effort for the bill in the Senate which voted almost unanimously (only 1 Senator Against)) for the override. The Democrats went against their own President on this bill.
José Manuel Ramos-Horta GColIH GCL is an East Timorese politician who was the President of East Timor from 20 May 2007 to 20 May 2012. Previously he was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2002 to 2006 and Prime Minister from 2006 to 2007. He is a co-recipient of the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize along with Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, for working "towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor".
