[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 51 (Tuesday, May 3, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: May 3, 1994]
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                       AN EFFECTIVE WORLD LEADER?

  (Mr. HEFLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HEFLEY. Mr. Speaker, 55 percent of the American people think 
President Bill Clinton is not an effective world leader. According to a 
new poll 99 percent of the world leaders agree with the American 
people's assessment.
  It is time for Bill Clinton to turn his attention away from his 
constant campaign for President and to the task of being the President. 
And a large part of that task is dealing with foreign policy.
  Liberal columnist Richard Cohen had this to say about the President's 
performance:

       Clinton's foreign policy performance has been so dismal 
     that no columnist could lose credibility by predicting the 
     imminent ouster of this or that aide * * * What ails American 
     foreign policy is not the court but the king.

  We cannot blame Warren Christopher for the problems that bedevil Bill 
Clinton.
  We can only hope that the President becomes interested in doing his 
job before we get ourselves into a real foreign policy crisis.

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