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 Paul Ryan, was one of three committees to pass a proposal detailing what parts of Obamacare should be repealed through reconciliation.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).
A Republican Congress Can't Repeal Obamacare. That Won't Stop Them From Trying. Republicans have been chomping at the bit to repeal Obamacare since the instant President Barack Obama signed it into law on March 23, 2010. With control of the Senate assured after Tuesday's elections, is the GOP poised to undo the Affordable Care Act root and branch, as soon-to-be Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is fond of saying?