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Article: SENS. KENNEDY, DODD, COLLINS APPLAUD NORTHERN IRELAND'S COMMITMENT TO PEACE
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- May 17, 2007
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The office of Sen. Christopher S. Dodd, D-Conn., issued the following press release:
Sens. Chris Dodd (D-CT), Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA), and Susan Collins (R-ME) today introduced a resolution commending the creation of a new, power-sharing government in Northern Ireland. Effectively marking the end of decades of conflict and violence, Reverend Ian Paisley took the office of First Minister on May 8, 2007, with Martin McGuinness as Deputy First Minister. The resolution comes as British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who has been instrumental in crafting the new government, visits the United States today.
The transition to this new government is indicative of a widespread commitment to cooperation ...