The United States says Myanmar is carrying out a genocide of its country’s Rohingya Muslims. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made the declaration Monday morning in a speech at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C. He had just visited its exhibit, Burma’s Path to Genocide. Blinken said it is his responsibility as Secretary to investigate possible atrocities in foreign countries. He said his examination of Burma found its military guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity against Rohingya. “Beyond the Holocaust, the United States has concluded that genocide was committed seven times. Today marks the eighth,” Blinken said. He called Burmese attacks against the Rohingya population widespread and systematic. He said they pointed to evidence of a clear goal to destroy the mainly Muslim minority group. In 2017, suspected Rohingya militants launched attacks against security forces in Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine. The attacks led the government to launch military operations against the rebels and their supporters. More than 700,000 Rohingya fled the area to escape the violence. Most are now living in refugee camps in neighboring Bangladesh.