Report: U.S. Not Equipped to Prevent Genocide

Task force led by former secretary of state Madeleine Albright advises Obama to create a high-level forum to direct the government's response to threats of genocide.

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

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US President George W. Bush stands next...

Washington, UNITED STATES: US President George W. Bush stands next to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during the Congressional Gold Medal presentation ceremony for Norman Borlaug 17 July 2007 in the Rotunda of the Capitol in Washington, DC. The Congressional Gold Medal is the highest civilian award bestowed by the United States Congress. Borlaug, 93, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 for creating varieties of wheat that were resistant to disease and doubled and tripled yields in developing countries. Borlaug also founded the World Food Prize based in Des Moines, Iowa, to recognize the efforts of people who have improved the quality and availability of food in the world. The Congressional Gold Medal is the highest civilian award bestowed by the United States Congress. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)