KHARTOUM, Sudan - It’s been said that Bill Richardson would negotiate with the devil. And by some definitions, he has — several times.

New Mexico’s Democratic governor has bartered with some of the most notorious rulers of modern times: Iraq’s Saddam Hussein, Yugoslavia’s Slobodan Milosevic, Cuba’s Fidel Castro, Kenya’s Daniel Arap Moi, Zaire’s Mobutu Sese Seko, Nigeria’s Sani Abacha and most recently, Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir. Richardson has compared himself to Red Adair, renowned for his ability to put out erupting oil well fires.

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