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Pat Danner: “I rise in support of the Hilleary amendment. Before United States troops were deployed to Bosnia, I expressed skepticism…”

On the recordJune 24, 1997
I rise in support of the Hilleary amendment. Before United States troops were deployed to Bosnia, I expressed skepticism that we would be there for only 1 year and that it would cost $1.5 billion. We have been there 2 years already, we are up to $6.5 billion, and the whole object is escalating. We are going to be there now perhaps as many as 3 years, and we could be up to we do not even know how many billions of dollars. I think this has become a quagmire that we have to withdraw from. The American public believes, and I totally agree with them, that our European friends should be handling this. It should be something that they do. It is on their continent, and it has been proven that they have the ability to provide for their own common defense and to handle the issue of Bosnia.
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Pat Danner
Missouri
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing U.S. military involvement in Bosnia and supporting the Hilleary amendment.

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