[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 45 (Thursday, April 21, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: April 21, 1994]
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                            BOSNIAN MISTAKES

  (Mr. KNOLLENBERG asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, President Clinton has announced that he 
supports U.N. Secretary General Boutrous Boutrous-Ghali's call for 
expanding the scope of NATO airstrikes in Bosnia.
  Throughout this tragic crisis in Bosnia, American policy has been 
made by leaders in the United Nations and NATO. There is no clear voice 
of American leadership, and this vacuum is putting American servicemen 
and women at risk.
  Mr. Speaker, the American people deserve to know why. What vital 
American interests are at risk in Bosnia and how will airstrikes or 
other military actions help us to protect them.
  How do expanded airstrikes fit in to a coordinated plan? What is that 
plan? We don't need more of President Clinton's patchwork Bosnia policy 
dictated by international organizations and emotional news stories.
  American military personnel are at risk in Bosnia. The American 
people deserve to know what our goals are. Gradual escalation is not a 
strategy, it is a recipe for chaos and disaster.
  Mr. Speaker, we must stop the drift in American foreign policy before 
it is too late.

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