On the recordMay 18, 2000
A future American President is going to have to factor in, in responding to a crisis in Asia or North Africa or the Middle East, that American ships and planes are on station supporting operations in Kosovo, not dealing with a crisis but on a police patrol. The number of forces may not be great, but, indeed, our resources are very strained. Is it fair to this country, the security of the United States, that we will have to at some point forgo defending interests elsewhere because our forces are substituting what Europe should be doing in Kosovo? No, Mr. President, our credibility is not at issue, nor our resolve. Whether or not this generation of Senators and Members of the House defend its prerogatives under the Constitution is at issue. I commend the gentleman from Virginia for bringing this before the Senate.
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