Doug Bereuter: “the editorialists of the Omaha World Herald have prepared, I think, a thorough and telling critique of the Clinton…”

“the editorialists of the Omaha World Herald have prepared, I think, a thorough and telling critique of the Clinton administration foreign policy. I would like to share with my colleagues that editorial. The document referred to is as follows: [From the Omaha World Herald] Nation Has Been Lucky To Avoid Serious Test of U.S. Foreign Policy Americans have been lucky. The president they elected in 1992 displayed little expertise or interest in foreign policy. Still, he has held office during a time of relative stability. His administration has had to deal with few international crises. However, the relative stability that came with the end of the Cold War may not continue. President Clinton's foreign policy is an important basis for judging his qualifications for re-election in November. Events of the past few days have demonstrated why concerns about the president's judgment continue. In Saudi Arabia, the monarchy has withheld evidence from U.S. investigators about a terrorist bombing in which 19 American servicemen died. The Saudis have also dismissed the suggestion that U.S. forces in that country ought to be moved into safer quarters. Saudi Arabia has been called America's closest ally in the Arab world. This is not the way a resolute United States government would allow itself to be treated by its friends. In Israel, the voters repudiated Clinton's preferred candidate, Shimon Peres.…”