[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 61 (Tuesday, May 17, 1994)]
[House]
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[Congressional Record: May 17, 1994]
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                  THE ADMINISTRATION'S FOREIGN POLICY

  (Mr. EWING asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. EWING. Madam Speaker, the candor of the Clinton administration on 
foreign policy concerns me.
  Whom do we believe? Is the Clinton administration giving us the 
straight scoop?
  Does the President want it both ways? While he supports U.N. control 
of our troops in foreign military operations, he also wants the 
American public, or some of them who have lost loved ones in U.N. 
operations, to think otherwise.
  A local newspaper in my district on May 13 carried an Associated 
Press story which makes me skeptical and should concern every American.
  The President, while meeting with relatives of soldiers killed in 
Somalia said he was surprised and angry that Army Rangers launched the 
ill-fated raid last fall.
  His immediate reaction was, and I quote, ``Why did they launch the 
raid?'' But last fall at the time of the raid, the President called it 
a very successful mission and released a statement supporting U.N. 
policy and seeking Aidid's arrest.
  Now, Madam Speaker, which way is it? My guess is the President wants 
it both ways.

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