In fact,D.C.health officials say infection rates in the nation's capital are higher than in West Africa.

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it's something that is still going on. We have got cases of conflict diamonds in Cote d'Ivoire in West Africa and also in Zimbabwe where hundreds of people were murdered in the Marange diamond fields recently."

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While police didn't relay that statement to CNN, they confirmed that they'd passed on West's remarks to the Press Association.

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U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall, D-West Virginia, accompanied Issa on the trip.

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Last month, 50 Cent said he'd quit rapping if Kanye West's album, "Graduation, " outsold his album "Curtis" in its first week.

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