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Byron Dorgan: “I am troubled, I guess, by having a resolution on the floor of the Senate at this moment. There will be a time and…”

On the recordMarch 22, 1999
I am troubled, I guess, by having a resolution on the floor of the Senate at this moment. There will be a time and should be a time for a robust and aggressive discussion about what exactly is in our national security interest. I was someone who was nervous about Bosnia. I would characterize the circumstances in Bosnia differently than the Senator from Texas did. There is not just a cease-fire there, there is a peace agreement in Bosnia, and this country went to Bosnia as a peacekeeper, not a peacemaker. We did not send American troops into Bosnia to create a peace that did not exist.
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

Editor's note · Context

Discussing concerns about U.S. military operations in Kosovo during Senate debate.

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