Khartoum, Sudan - Obama Presidency Oral History Khartoum, Sudan Index / Locations Transcripts Scott Gration ...of Chadians that were sponsored by Khartoum . It was a total mess. And so the firs... ...one—and so all this stuff pointed to Khartoum as the hub. So I went back, and I said... ...I got Bashir to—or I got Déby to go to Khartoum to sign his agreement, and Bashir wa... ...of thing that we would need to build Khartoum up again, and to help South Sudan i... ...he said, “If you fail, Gration, from Khartoum to Cape Town—I mean, from Cairo to Cap... ...inside the US Embassy there in Khartoum that were just tremendous, as was th... ...had a strong high commissioner there in Khartoum , and they were happy to join. In fact... ...meeting, we would try to meet either in Khartoum or Juba. So essentially, we basicall... ...those people did not like me going to Khartoum , did not like me engaging with th... ...they would say, “Why are you going to Khartoum ? The place is evil. You shouldn't b... ...then, of course, we worked with Khartoum . And the three countries got together... ...not only did we have to meet with Khartoum in the middle, and Juba, to solve th... ...I have to do it by having meetings in Khartoum , al-Fashir, all these different place... ...understand how a Christian can go to Khartoum where all their evil is.” And I said... ...probably wished that I was tougher on Khartoum . And Secretary Clinton, though, ... ...and made sure that the people in Khartoum and Juba understood that Presiden... ...for forty years, it's been anti- Khartoum and anti—I said, “You need to ge... Show more... Johnnie Carson ...Obama administration should approach Khartoum and in trying to get it to deliver o... ...more punitive against the regime in Khartoum ? There were lots of debates and lot... ...now as the number two guy [laughs] in Khartoum . There were three principal peopl... ...five years, the Sudanese government in Khartoum had done little or nothing t... Related Topics go to the Democrats Democrats go to the Criminal Justice Criminal Justice go to the Healthcare Healthcare go to the Elections and Campaigns Elections and Campaigns go to the Asia Rebalance Asia Rebalance