Article: Davis' link to Sri Lanka elusive: Doubts surface about constituency.

Byline: John Biemer

Aug. 28--Last week's disclosure that U.S. Rep. Danny Davis visited Sri Lanka in 2005 turned a local spotlight on the island nation's recent history of violence and raised questions about why exactly he went there. The man representing Illinois' 7th Congressional District said he went to the nation south of India to see how reconstruction and aid money was being distributed after the 2004 tsunami at the behest of his constituents. But the community that prompted that weeklong trip appears to be a small one. According to the 2000 census, just 44 people in Davis' district--which includes Chicago's West Side and near western suburbs ...

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