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Timothy Roemer: “We have sons and we have daughters of America in Apaches, in F-16s, in submarines, fighting for principle and fighting…”

On the recordApril 28, 1999
We have sons and we have daughters of America in Apaches, in F-16s, in submarines, fighting for principle and fighting against ethnic cleansing. Now, we can do nothing; we can ignore the horrific holocaust. That is not acceptable. We can send in ground troops, and that is not an option for me, for many of our NATO allies, or for our troops. But we can support this authorization to conduct military air operations against Yugoslavia. We must now aggressively and vigorously pursue victory for our people, for principle against ethnic cleansing, and for NATO. Defeat is not acceptable.
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Timothy Roemer
Indiana

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Addressing military action in response to ethnic cleansing in Yugoslavia.

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