[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 132 (Tuesday, September 20, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: September 20, 1994]
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                          THE PROPER RESPONSE

  (Mr. OBEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I note that President Aristide is today 
expressing unhappiness with some aspects of the agreement worked out by 
the Carter mission to Haiti earlier this week. I would simply point out 
to Mr. Aristide that there are 14,000 American troops presently in 
harm's way to pave the way for a return to a democratically elected 
government. The proper response from Mr. Aristide is not to second-
guess or nit-pick. The proper response is two words: ``Thank You,'' to 
President Clinton, to President Carter, to the other members of the 
mission, and to every single American service man and woman presently 
on duty in Haiti. Mr. Aristide, like all of us is not immune from the 
real world necessity to compromise. My advice to Mr. Aristide is: Few 
people get a second chance. Get real. Don't screw it up.

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