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Roger Wicker: “If I could interject, Mr. Speaker, we are there at the request of Europe. We were certainly a reluctant participant, and…”

On the recordMarch 18, 1998
If I could interject, Mr. Speaker, we are there at the request of Europe. We were certainly a reluctant participant, and I know that there are Members in this body, the gentleman from Minnesota and me included, who were very, very reluctant to participate. So we are not over there insinuating ourselves into a situation where we are not welcome. We are told by our international friends that we are the glue holding the peace together at this particular time, and it would not work there without our presence.
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

Editor's note · Context

Discussing U.S. involvement in European peacekeeping efforts.

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