[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12435]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          KOSOVO POLICY WORKED

  (Mr. KIND asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KIND. Madam Speaker, we woke up this morning with news reports 
that the first Serb forces in Kosovo are finally being withdrawn. The 
policy is working, so let us give credit where credit is due. It was 
because of the perseverance and unity of all 19 democratic nations of 
NATO that finally got Milosevic to capitulate and stop the atrocities 
in Kosovo.
  Let us hope we are at the dawn of a new era, of peace in the Balkans, 
a peace that will see the removal of Milosevic from power, true 
democratic reforms take place, the eventual inclusion of the Balkan 
countries in the European Union and perhaps even NATO someday.
  A foolish speculation? An idle dream? I do not think so. Who amongst 
us could have predicted that within 10 short years some of the most 
repressive communist regimes in Central Europe would today be 
flourishing democracies, members of the European Union, and even 
members of NATO itself?
  I do believe that the historical trends sweeping across Europe today 
are on our side in this endeavor. Now comes the difficult task of 
enforcing the peace. My thoughts and prayers are with our young men and 
women in American uniform who are being called upon once again in the 
20th century to restore the peace and humanity on the Statement of 
Europe.

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