[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 66 (Tuesday, May 24, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: May 24, 1994]
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               A WEAK FOREIGN POLICY IN A DANGEROUS WORLD

  (Mr. HUNTER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute, and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HUNTER. Madam Speaker, we live in a dangerous world. North Korea 
is acquiring nuclear weapons. The former Soviet States do have nuclear 
weapons. That situation is still somewhat unstable. Communist China is 
attempting to move into the formerly held position of the Soviet Union 
as the world's second superpower, claiming most of the territory in the 
South China Sea.
  We have the Balkans continuing to explode, and we have continued 
instability in the Middle East.
  It is a dangerous world, and against this backdrop of a very 
dangerous world, we have a President who is showing tremendous weakness 
in the area of foreign policy and national security.
  President Clinton is slashing national defense. He is cashiering 
1,700 young people a week out of the uniformed services. He has cut 
back our fighter forces to roughly 50 percent of what they were a 
couple of years ago. We are seeing now the first operations in 
maintenance slowdowns that led in the 1970's to a hollow force.
  Madam Speaker, it is time to reverse our course and keep our powder 
dry. We have a dangerous world and a weak President. That is a bad 
combination

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