Mike Levin: “Our resolution is very clear: Our forces cannot be there indefinitely. We want our forces out within a reasonable period…”

“Our resolution is very clear: Our forces cannot be there indefinitely. We want our forces out within a reasonable period of time. It is our belief that it will take a long time for these kinds of civilian reforms to occur. The goal of the military presence is to establish the conditions under which Dayton implementation can continue without the support of a major NATO-led military force. The way I read that is that these do not need to be reality before the President intends to remove combat forces from Bosnia. But however one reads the President's report, what our resolution makes clear is we are not going to be there. We don't believe we should be there for as long as it takes to achieve this.”