[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 43 (Tuesday, April 19, 1994)]
[House]
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[Congressional Record: April 19, 1994]
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                    BEHIND THE FOREIGN POLICY WHEEL

  (Mr. BALLENGER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BALLENGER. Mr. Speaker, as the President was driving his Mustang 
last Sunday, 2 hours late because of his golf game, the U.S. position 
in Bosnia was worsening.
  You have to wonder where this President's priorities are.
  According to many reports, Mr. Clinton simply does not care about 
foreign policy. The results of this indifference are obvious.
  From North Korea to Bosnia, from Haiti to Iraq, American resolve is 
questioned. We seem to be getting ourselves deeper and deeper into 
trouble without a clear plan or understanding of our mission.
  But the Clinton doctrine is: ``If it doesn't show up on the polls, 
don't worry about it.''
  Mr. Speaker, that is a heck of a way to lead the most powerful Nation 
on earth.
  I urge the President jump out of his Mustang, and behind our foreign 
policy steering wheel.
  We need a President who knows where he is going on foreign policy.

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