Congress is getting involved in the fight to observe a moment of silence for the Munich 11 at this summer’s Olympic Games, with new House legislation and two leaders slamming the International Olympic Committee’s refusals as “indefensible.”
“Your refusal has caused sorrow and anger for the family members of the murdered Olympians, for the people of Israel, and for many other people across the globe,” House Foreign Affairs Chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) and Ranking Member Howard Berman (D-Calif.) wrote today to IOC president Jacques Rogge.
Read more: http://pjmedia.com/blog/congress-gets-in-game-to-slam-ioc-for-indefensible-anti-israel-stance/
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