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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), Chair of the Congressional Cambodia Caucus, issued the following statement regarding the passing of Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger:

“My thoughts are with the family and friends of Henry Kissinger who are mourning his passing.”

“Secretary Kissinger will undoubtedly be celebrated for the diplomatic breakthroughs he negotiated over the span of two presidential administrations. At the same time, many Cambodian and Vietnamese families here in Massachusetts and across our nation will remember him for the dark legacy he left in their home countries.”

“Secretary Kissinger’s authorization of the covert bombing campaign and subsequent invasion of Cambodia forever changed the trajectory of the then-neutral nation. To this day, Cambodian families continue to lose loved ones to unexploded ordnances dropped on cities and villages, and this violence paved the way for the Khmer Rouge that murdered more than a million innocent civilians in the killing fields and displaced millions more.”

“The Congressional Cambodia Caucus remains committed to our work to support a free, fair, and democratic Cambodia.”

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