[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 60 (Thursday, April 29, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E817]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


 AUTHORIZING PRESIDENTS TO CONDUCT MILITARY AIR OPERATIONS AND MISSILE 
             STRIKES AGAINST FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA

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                               speech of

                       HON. DONNA MC CHRISTENSEN

                         of the virgin islands

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 28, 1999

  Mrs. CHRISTENSEN. Mr. Speaker, I am compelled to rise to make this 
brief statement on the issue of funding and supporting the NATO 
operations in Kosovo.
  While I, like many would like to see a clearer definition of the 
scope of the conflict, and a specific endpoint in sight, I will not 
abandon our men and women who join those of our partnering countries, 
or undermine them or our country. Further, while I am pained that the 
same concern and appropriate intervention has not taken place for the 
countries of my ancestry, Africa, as my colleague Mr. Meeks said that 
is no reason to deny protection or relief from their persecution to the 
Albanian people of Kosovo.
  I support Senate Concurrent Resolution 21, because it is the right 
thing to do.

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