Alcee Hastings: “let me tell my colleagues why we should be there. Our credibility in the NATO alliance is at stake. The fact that two…”

“let me tell my colleagues why we should be there. Our credibility in the NATO alliance is at stake. The fact that two Presidents have put forward our position very plainly, and the work of the contact group, this did not come about in a vacuum. Russia even agrees with the contact group that this peace agreement should be given a chance to go forward, the work of the Organization of Security and Cooperation that has 2,000 people on the ground now and an extraction force. Finally and most importantly, we must make clear to the world that we will oppose genocide any time, anywhere. Last night on ABC News, seven little boys stood without their mother and father in Kosovo who had done nothing but go somewhere to look for food. I stand here to say that I am committed with those seven children in the hopes that somewhere along the way we can provide what is necessary for peace and stability through our efforts in the NATO alliance to ensure that they grow up and, yes, become just as free as all of us in this great country.”