[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 52 (Wednesday, May 4, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: May 4, 1994]
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                MILITARY ACTION IN HAITI SEEN AS UNWISE

  (Mr. COX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute, and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COX. Mr. Speaker, President Clinton is moving the United States 
perilously close to military intervention in Haiti. Yesterday the 
Washington Post reported that President Clinton is considering a plan 
to send armed military trainers to Haiti. Yet the end result of 
military intervention in Haiti is unclear.
  Will we invade and supplant the current control group with military 
force? Whom will we install? Aristide? He has proven totally unable to 
facilitate his own return. He has been unwilling to compromise, and his 
recent attacks on the United States have vilified the very people who 
are trying their best to help Haiti.
  If President Clinton plans to invade Haiti, he will make an enormous 
mistake in the United States military force posture, and if he does not 
do so in the end, his current promises will hold out false hopes for 
the long-suffering people of that island nation.

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