[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 145 (Friday, October 7, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: October 7, 1994]
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                                 HAITI

  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, yesterday, the Congress voted for a 
nonbinding legislation that places no limits on the mission in Haiti. I 
know that nothing succeeds like success, and I acknowledge that there 
is no appetite in the Congress today for placing any limits on the thus 
far successful operation in Haiti. But although the Congress will 
return on November 30 and December 1, those days are dedicated to 
addressing only the GATT agreement. Therefore, there is no further 
opportunity to address the United States mission in Haiti until the 
104th Congress convenes in January 1995. While I fervently hope that 
the operation in Haiti continues to be relatively trouble-free, remains 
limited in scope, and a downward glidepath is followed toward handing 
the operation over to the United Nations, I remain deeply concerned 
about the potential for the mission to balloon into nation-building and 
about the safety of our troops.

       One drop of blood drawn from thy country's bosom, should 
     grieve thee more than streams of foreign gore* * *

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