The three remaining Presidential candidates in the two major parties – Senators Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and John McCain – issued a highly unusual joint declaration today on Darfur. In a statement coordinated by the activist group Save Darfur, the candidates said they “stand united” on Darfur, repeatedly condemned the Sudanese government's failure to take steps towards peace, and affirmed that the next U.S. President will pursue peace and human security in the region with “unstinting resolve.” According to the Pittsburgh Darfur Emergency Coalition and political scientist Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia, it is the first joint statement on foreign policy by Presidential candidates since World War Two.
