[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 62 (Wednesday, May 18, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: May 18, 1994]
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                   AMERICA NEEDS DECISIVE LEADERSHIP

  (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, yesterday's survey results on the 
public's faith in President Clinton's foreign policy skills were no 
surprise to me and my colleagues. We have known for some time that our 
country's once unquestioned role as leader of the free world is now in 
doubt.
  Only 40 percent of all Americans approve of Mr. Clinton's handling of 
foreign affairs, and with the way we are headed in Haiti, Bosnia and 
North Korea, does anyone really believe that this number is going to 
improve?
  It has become a question of leadership. Is the decisiveness there? 
Will we defend our strategic interests? These types of questions are 
getting louder, not just at home I remind you, but more and more from 
our allies abroad.
  Mr. Speaker, what type of message is President Clinton sending our 
troops stationed at the border between North and South Korea?
  What type of message do his weekly policy changes send to military 
dictators in Haiti?
  And what type of message does his wavering send our NATO and UN 
allies when we do not deliver on our promises in Bosnia?
  Mr. Speaker, I urge you and my colleagues in calling on President 
Clinton to be decisive and act out of conviction. The American people 
deserve it and our allies demand it!
  America needs decisive leadership.

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