Norman D. Dicks: “It is almost as if they just cannot cope with the fact that Bill…”

On the recordJune 9, 1999

It is almost as if they just cannot cope with the fact that Bill Clinton, President of the United States, the Commander in Chief, the head of the free world and NATO, has put together this coalition to stop this terrible ethnic cleansing. And I understand some of the arguments that are made but the bottom line is that it has worked. We are on the verge of establishing the peace. Yet we are here voting on whether we are going to cut off the money for the operation. In my whole career, I have not seen anything more ludicrous than this.

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Discussing U.S. military operations and funding related to ethnic cleansing during a House floor debate.

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