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John W. Olver: “This was a safe haven. This was a United Nations safe haven. We designated it as a safe haven. And, in essence, the…”

On the recordApril 21, 1994
This was a safe haven. This was a United Nations safe haven. We designated it as a safe haven. And, in essence, the West, all of us together, have set them up like ducks. As we all know, not to be too corn ball, but this is not in our vision of United States leadership in any sense. In all the western movies that we grew up on and are still kind of a first run favorite throughout the Balkans, John Wayne tried to help the besieged settlers when he could. This borders on being a strange perversion of values. I just hope we wake up tonight before they are all gone.
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John W. Olver
Massachusetts
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Addressing the situation in the Balkans and U.S. leadership during a crisis.

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