[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 97 (Thursday, June 27, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H6978]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   U.S. MILITARY MUST EXPLAIN ITSELF

  (Mr. DIAZ-BALART asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Speaker, a video reached my office this week 
that shows scenes of meetings between senior U.S. military officers, 
including the head of the U.S. Atlantic Command, General Sheehan, and 
Cuban dictator Castro's senior general, Perez-Perez.
  The video reflects a private coziness of the Clinton administration 
with the Castro regime, not-so-subtle reassurances by the 
administration that the United States would not stand on the Cuban 
people's side if the Cuban armed forces sought to liberate Cuba from 
Castro.
  The tape also reflects, in all its sickening ignominy, the immorality 
of the Clinton administration's policy of forcefully repatriating Cuban 
refugees.
  I believe that a number of things that the video shows merit serious 
congressional inquiry, and if the U.S. military officers involved do 
not voluntarily meet with Members of Congress to explain themselves, as 
we have requested, they should be compelled to do so.

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