Doug Bereuter: “I do rise in objection to the Kennedy amendment because it is unbalanced in its characteristics, and it is biased by…”

“I do rise in objection to the Kennedy amendment because it is unbalanced in its characteristics, and it is biased by referring only to one side of the violence that has occurred and continues to occur in Indonesia. And in contrast to what the gentleman from Rhode Island has indicated, I feel that the recently announced self-denial of E-IMET by Indonesia and their expression of no interest in purchasing American-made F-16's is not a major victory for the United States, as the gentleman intends, it is an unfortunate blow to our relationship. The E-IMET program, or Extended IMET, is designed specifically to encourage better human rights practices and proper civil action, methods of operating and living in a civil society, for military and civilian personnel that take advantage of this training program in the United States. The F-16 sale, of course, was not something that Indonesia itself sought, but the Clinton administration, trying to find some way to dispose of F-16's that it sold to Pakistan but which could not be delivered because of the Pressler amendment, was looking for other purchasers.”