[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12438]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                           NATO HAS PREVAILED

  (Mr. MORAN of Virginia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Madam Speaker, let me just say a word about 
what is happening in another part of the world. We are achieving at 
least a temporary peace in the Balkans. Hopefully, it will be a 
sustained peace.
  NATO and the United States have prevailed. They have been resolute, 
they have been strong, and in fact, they have been successful.
  There has only been begrudging admission that it has been a 
successful policy. But when we consider the fact that we have not lost 
one pilot to enemy fire, we did not have to send in troops, and yet 
NATO has now prevailed. And it is clear now that NATO is resolute, it 
is stronger, and in fact it can control what happens in Europe, 
particularly the volatile region of Eastern Europe, into a much greater 
conflagration that might otherwise have expected that we would have 
been responsible for ultimately getting under control had not NATO been 
able to pull together 19 nations and pursue a coordinated, resolute 
policy.
  This is terribly important for the long-term security of the United 
States. The President, the Secretary of State, General Clark and NATO, 
deserve a great deal of credit for their principled and resolute 
leadership.

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