[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 24, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S3241]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 21

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I regret that because of my father's 
funeral in Mississippi yesterday, I was not present in the Senate to 
vote on S. Con. Res. 21, authorizing the President of the United States 
to conduct military air operations and missile strikes against the 
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro). Had I been 
present, I would have voted ``aye'' on the resolution.
  The authorization is carefully limited and is designed to permit the 
participation of military forces of the United States, in concert with 
NATO allies, in an action to respond to a clear threat to the security 
and stability of Europe and indirectly to our own security interests.
  It is my hope that this action will serve to signal the willingness 
of the United States government to keep its commitments under the NATO 
treaty and to be a force for peace and freedom in the region sought to 
be protected by the alliance.

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