Max Cleland: “I echo the marvelous remarks of the distinguished Senator from Wyoming, and my seatmate, the great distinguished Senator…”

“I echo the marvelous remarks of the distinguished Senator from Wyoming, and my seatmate, the great distinguished Senator from Wisconsin, and others who support the Byrd-Warner amendment. The question is, simply put: Will the Congress of the United States step forward and help this Government articulate an exit strategy of our military might out of Kosovo and out of the Balkans ultimately or will we not? I just got back from a trip to Western Europe, particularly to Kosovo. I visited Brussels. I talked to NATO leaders. I visited the Aviano Air Base in Italy where I met with some who flew the incredible air missions in the war. I went to Macedonia and saw the areas where more than 100,000 refugees were, and into Kosovo itself and up on the Serbian border. We then exited through London. I came back with a definite impression that unless this country articulates its own exit strategy, particularly for our military forces, there will be no exit strategy. Our allies are quite willing for us to stay there forever and ever and ever.”