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On the recordMay 10, 1994
I believe that every Member of the U.S. Senate is deeply concerned with the events of recent years in the former Yugoslavia. I believe that every Member of the Senate joins in condemning the atrocities that have occurred, the so-called ethnic cleansing, and the aggression which has left millions of people displaced from their homes and has torn apart villages and families. I believe that every Member of the Senate would like to see the fighting there come to a close and a peaceful resolution of the conflicts which have existed for centuries and which are a tangle of ethnic, religious, and other differences. So I think there is not much, if any, disagreement in the Senate about the goal we share. The disagreement, as always, is over the best way to achieve that goal, and especially the best way to achieve it consistent with the national interest of the United States.
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George Mitchell
Maine

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Addressing the Senate's response to the conflict in the former Yugoslavia.

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