Political Quotes

“the candor of the Clinton administration on foreign policy concerns me. Whom do we believe? Is the Clinton administration giving us the straight scoop? Does the President want it both ways? While he supports U.N. control of our troops in foreign military operations, he also wants the American public, or some of them who have lost loved ones in U.N. operations, to think otherwise. A local newspaper in my district on May 13 carried an Associated Press story which makes me skeptical and should concern every American. The President, while meeting with relatives of soldiers killed in Somalia said he was surprised and angry that Army Rangers launched the ill-fated raid last fall. His immediate reaction was, and I quote, ``Why did they launch the raid?'' But last fall at the time of the raid, the President called it a very successful mission and released a statement supporting U.N. policy and seeking Aidid's arrest. Now, Madam Speaker, which way is it? My guess is the President wants it both ways.”