The U.S. government is poised to remove Sudan from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, based on an agreement that requires Khartoum to pay $335 million to American victims of terrorist attacks. The deal recognizes that Sudan has met the delisting requirement of a “fundamental change” in leadership following courageous work by the Sudanese people to overthrow a 30-year dictatorship. But this hard-won achievement may be squandered by Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), who oppose the deal in the mistaken belief that doing so will help secure justice for families of 9/11 victims. Read the article here.
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