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Transcript: BURMA: AFTERMATH OF CYCLONE NARGIS:SCOT MARCIEL
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- Congressional Testimony
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- May 20, 2008
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Congressional Testimony
05-20-2008
Statement of Scot Marciel Deputy Assistant Secretary U.S. Department of
State Committee on House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific,
and the Global Environment May 20, 2008 Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Manzullo,
and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for inviting me here today to
testify about the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Burma and our efforts
to assist the victims of Tropical Cyclone Nargis. On May 2-3, Tropical
Cyclone Nargis struck Burma with 130 mile per hour winds and torrential
rain. More than 95 percent of structures in some communities in the Irrawaddy
Delta, the region hit hardest by the cyclone, were demolished in the storm.
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