[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 132 (Tuesday, September 20, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: September 20, 1994]
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                   HAITI: QUESTIONS REMAIN UNRESOLVED

  (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 both Republicans and 
Democrats voted in support of our young men and women serving in Haiti. 
But what we did not do was debate some very serious lingering questions 
about President Clinton's newest foreign policy.
  Specifically, I think that there are four essential questions that 
need to be answered before we become further entrenched in Haiti:
  First and most importantly, how does this exercise in gunboat 
diplomacy serve, and or protect, the U.S. national security interests?
  Second, in simple terms, what is the military's stated mission, and 
do we have an exit strategy?
  Third, how long is it estimated that this mission and its objectives 
will take to complete?
  And finally, what type of financial pricetag are we going to be 
asking the American public to shoulder for this Haitian expedition?
  These are important questions that require honest debate and 
straightforward answers. As Members of Congress, we are 
constitutionally obligated to pursue these questions to their 
resolution. As American citizens, we owe it to our Armed Forces who are 
risking their lives on behalf of this policy.

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