11-12-2009 Interview. In late 1979 the ICRC and the United Nations Childrenâs Fund (UNICEF) began a vast relief operation for the people of Cambodia, threatened by famine. Thirty years on, FranÃ§ois Bugnion, the first ICRC delegate to return to Cambodia after the genocide, talks of his experiences there. Following the overthrow of the Khmer Rouge in January 1979 by Vietnamese forces, rumours were rife of mass starvation in the country, which had been closed to the world for four years.
The House Ways and Means Committee, chaired by Wisconsin Republican Rep. Paul Ryan, was one of three committees to pass a proposal detailing what parts of Obamacare should be repealed through reconciliation. (Photo: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Newscom).
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The House has voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act. While the House has voted more than 50 times in the past four years to repeal the law, or parts of it, this was the first vote for a total repeal since 2013. NPR's Juana Summers joins us from the Capitol with the latest. Hey there, Juana.