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Randall Cunningham: “It is inconceivable to me that this country could commit U.S. forces, men and women, on an air strike and not know…”

On the recordApril 12, 1994
It is inconceivable to me that this country could commit U.S. forces, men and women, on an air strike and not know anything about it until after the fact. I watched the Secretary of Defense last night being interviewed where our Secretary of Defense nor the Commander in Chief, President Clinton, knew about the Bosnian air strike until after the fact. The excuse was that they signed a pact with the United Nations so that those strikes could take place. It is inconceivable, as a former military guy, that our country could commit our troops without our Government even knowing about it, not just Russia, not just France, but the United States. Remember who got us into Vietnam, Mr. Speaker. Let us not make the same mistake twice.
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Randall Cunningham
Republican · California
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Editor's note · Context

Addressing concerns about U.S. military involvement in Bosnia and the lack of government awareness.

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