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Sam Gejdenson: the good news is that the rest of the world is figuring out this institution is not on the level. When we had the…

On the recordJune 10, 1999
the good news is that the rest of the world is figuring out this institution is not on the level. When we had the earlier votes, somebody said it better than I can, we voted not to go backwards, not to go forward and not to do what we were doing. Now we are in the process of implementing what I think is a broad-based goal of the American people and the Congress, stopping the killing of the Kosovar Albanians, getting them back in their homes, and we are in this dance. I am not sure what we do here has the meaning or the impact because of the irresponsible nature of these actions. If we compare what the opposition in this Congress did during the Gulf War, once that initial vote was taken, the Democratic side of the aisle stood with the President every step of the way. One would get the sense here that every opportunity, there is an attempt to undermine a policy simply because it is successful.
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Sam Gejdenson
Connecticut

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Discussing U.S. actions and policies regarding the conflict in Kosovo.

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