The U.N.crime agency is now seeking support for the plan from the United States Congress.

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The U.N.High Commissioner, Navi Pillay, expresses particular concern about the actions of the National Congress for the Defense of the People militia.

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The U.S. Congress has also largely lost interest in how the U.N. handles the money of U.S. taxpayers.

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"These clobbered towns may get some interim relief from Congress, " says William Ward, a Florham Park, N.

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But when you look at his, you know, 14 years in Congress and secretary of energy under Bill Clinton, and U.N. ambassador and two-term governor of New Mexico, you know, you compare him to some others who may have less experience and say, well, this guy has in a lot of rounded - a well-rounded resume.

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