[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 58 (Thursday, May 12, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: May 12, 1994]
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                        NO U.S. TROOPS IN HAITI

  (Mr. MANZULLO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MANZULLO. Mr. Speaker, we are hearing more and more talk about 
military intervention to oust the current rulers of Haiti. Make no 
mistake about it--the military rulers of Haiti are loathsome and anti-
democratic. However, the administration evidently determines United 
States policy by caving in to the lobbyist for an exiled Haitian 
leader.
  We must not let our U.S. military be used once again to remake 
nations into our own image. We have no national security interest at 
stake in Haiti. If President Clinton decides to invade Haiti because 
they have bad rulers, we will set a precedent to invade every country 
that does not match up to our standards. There are wars and bad leaders 
in the old Yugoslavia, Yemen, Rwanda, Azerbaijan, Sudan, Liberia, 
Sierra Leone, Burma, etc. and properly there is no talk about a United 
States invasion of those countries.
  U.S. foreign policy should be made by elected officials, not by 
lobbyists. No United States troops for Haiti!

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