On August 11, 2009, in a private meeting with Congolese President, Joseph Kabila in Goma, Mrs. Clinton raised the following issues: army and police reform, governance and corruption, economy and the mining sector in particular, and finally, DRC’s relationship with its neighboring nations, with particular regard to the situation with the Ugandan rebel group, Lord Resistance Army (LRA) in North-East DRC and Rwanda. Finally, on September 15, 2009 at the Center for American progress, Assistant Secretary of State, Ambassador Johnnie Carson, said that the fact the Secretary of State went to Goma, following then Secretary of State Madeline Albright 12 years ago, is a sign of the administration’s interest in addressing the crisis on Congo.