[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 189 (Wednesday, November 29, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H13735]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      UNITED STATES BOSNIA POLICY

  (Mr. BARRETT of Nebraska asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BARRETT of Nebraska. Mr. Speaker, the House will soon debate a 
resolution of support for the President's decision to deploy up to 
20,000 United States troops into Bosnia.
  The President has placed himself and Congress into a lead box. If we 
decide to support the President, we'll be supporting a costly policy 
that won't be finished in a year--Bosnia, after all, isn't another 
Haiti. If Congress rejects the President's decision, our European 
allies, and others around the world, will come to doubt the United 
States resolve and commitment. The next time there is a Persian Gulf 
crisis, they may not answer our call for cooperation.
  And so, no matter where we turn, we find our lead box sinking deeper 
and deeper into the Bosnian bog. This debate won't provide the right 
answers, nor will it provide an acceptable alternative, since the 
decision has already been made.
  But, I must strongly object to the President's decision. I encourage 
my colleagues to join me in opposing that decision.

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