[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 192 (Tuesday, December 5, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H13941]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                  NATO

  (Mr. FUNDERBURK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. FUNDERBURK. Mr. Speaker, the Clinton administration is a constant 
source of amazement. It is ringing alarm bells about how American boys 
need to save NATO by getting knee deep in Bosnia. Yet, while it's 
preaching about saving NATO, it is championing the cause of an avowed 
Marxist to be NATO Secretary General.
  Last week, the Clinton administration approved the selection of 
Javier Solana, Spain's Foreign Minister to lead NATO at this supposedly 
critical time. Mr. Speaker, let me tell you about Mr. Solana. He has 
spent his life attacking NATO and the United States. He led the 
Socialist Worker's Party campaign to impose communism on Spain. He is 
an ally and admirer of Fidel Castro. He is virulently anti-American and 
represents a country which is not even part of NATO's military command.
  Mr. Speaker, Bill Clinton's argument that NATO will crumble in Bosnia 
without American troops is silly on its face, but to promote the likes 
of Javier Solana when American lives are on the line is nothing short 
of outrageous. If this is what Bill Clinton thinks of NATO, then the 
NATO's `charter isn't worth the paper it's written on and it certainly 
isn't worth the life of one single American soldier.

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