[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13328]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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NO SEPARATE COMMAND AND NO SEPARATE GEOGRAPHIC AREA FOR MILITARY FORCES 
                               IN KOSOVO

  (Mr. BEREUTER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BEREUTER. Madam Speaker, this Member rises to oppose any kind of 
accommodationist approach regarding Russian military forces in Kosovo. 
Russia's gambit at the Pristina airport clearly caught NATO and the 
Clinton administration off guard. It looks too much like the kind of 
territorial grab the Soviet Army made at the end of World War II. 
Moscow declared and demanded that its soldiers have a separate sector 
to patrol outside NATO's command.

                              {time}  1015

  Madam Speaker, Americans must not be deceived by the administration 
to accept euphemistic rhetoric which will mask the placement of Russian 
forces in a separate geographic area in Kosovo under a separate 
command.
  President Clinton must not budge. No separate sector under Russian 
control.
  The administration and NATO absolutely must not compromise on this 
issue. Congress and the American people will be watching. The world 
will be watching. There must be only one answer to the Russians. No, 
no, no. Nyet, nyet, nyet.

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