Sam Gibbons: “today I rise to talk about our administration's foreign policy and the men and women in our Nation's military service. I…”

“today I rise to talk about our administration's foreign policy and the men and women in our Nation's military service. I have three words to describe the administration's strategy for deployment of U.S. troops to police Kosovo, and they are: No exit strategy. Can we honestly ask the men and women of our Armed Services to stand up and once again become the world's police of foreign policy decisions? Should we not justify to the American people the need for intervention based on some realistic, identified and threatened vital national interest? I should think so. However, when a defective strategy results in a multi-year deployment, billions of dollars in cost to the American taxpayer and the risk in lives of every American soldier over there, it is time for us to say no. It is time that our foreign policy marches to a new cadence, one that protects our vital national interests and the lives of our hard-working, dedicated men and women in our nation's military. On behalf of our Nation's interests and the lives of our service men and women, I yield back this dangerous foreign policy and the balance of my time.”