[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 134 (Thursday, September 22, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: September 22, 1994]
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                       WHAT MULTINATIONAL FORCE?

  (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 President Clinton ordered an 
additional 1,000 military policy into Haiti and significantly changed 
our political and military mission after only 3 days.
  Whether we are talking about the ongoing problems in Haiti, Bosnia, 
or North Korea, it is becoming increasingly clear to our allies and the 
American public that the administration has no foreign policy rudder.
  As late as last Friday, President Clinton spoke of a strong 
multinational force, consisting of more than 24 nations helping to 
restore democracy to Haiti. Now however, we now know that this more 
than a little misleading.
  For instance, one of our strongest hemispheric allies and most 
valuable trading partners, Canada, is not only not sending any troops 
or materials, but they won't even officially sanction our actions in 
Haiti.
  And aside from the United States, the G-7 countries, the world's most 
powerful trading block, are only contributing a dozen or so troops, and 
two support ships.
  Mr. Speaker, this should tell us something about this mission and 
about the state of U.S. foreign policy today.
  I wholeheartedly support our troops, who are risking their lives in 
this exercise in futility, and I pray that we can end this foolishness 
before we lose a single American life. But we must get our foreign 
policy priorities back in order before it is too late.

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