Tony Hall in MSNBC news programs

On War & Peace: Restrict "conflict diamonds" to end African war financing

Conflict diamonds are diamonds that are financing wars in Africa and costing millions of innocent people their lives and limbs. Hall says the only way to stop this bloodshed is to stop buying diamonds from these war zones. "You should ask the question, ‘Where is this diamond from?' " says Hall. "If that jeweler says, ‘I don't know,' don't buy a diamond there until he finds out." But how do you find out? Right now, after a diamond is cut and polished, there's no way to know. For the past three years, Hall has pushed legislation so consumers can make sure the diamonds they are buying are not linked to human suffering.