[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 133 (Wednesday, September 21, 1994)]
[House]
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[Congressional Record: September 21, 1994]



       PROMPT AND ORDERLY WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS FROM HAITI NEEDED

  (Mr. MANZULLO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MANZULLO. Mr. Speaker, is it not ironic we are now working 
closely with Haiti's military rulers that President Clinton once 
trounced? In plain view of American soldiers, who are under orders not 
to intervene, Haitian police yesterday attacked crowds of demonstrators 
and killed a coconut vendor who was cheering the U.S. intervention. 
Some mission. No defined mission. Yet we are told by the administration 
that we are in Haiti to train the police, disarm the Haitian military, 
restore democracy, and secure a safe environment. Yet how will we know 
when that is done? And, to top it all, Aristide is not grateful for 
what we have done. He is a leftist leader who supports antidemocratic 
ways of settling disputes, including necklacing and inciting mob 
violence to intimidate opponents. How long will it be until he stirs up 
the Haitian people to say Yankee go home? Will American soldiers be 
targeted by these mobs?
  Mr. Speaker, America has no mission in Haiti. We should return 
immediately. But now that we are there, let us set a deadline, possibly 
October 15, which is the date by which Mr. Aristide is to resume power.

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