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Harry Reid: “I have stood silently by for a long time now because I have the same feeling that a lot of us have, one of desperation…”

On the recordJuly 14, 1995
I have stood silently by for a long time now because I have the same feeling that a lot of us have, one of desperation, despair. I was forced to think about this as a result of the statement given yesterday by the Senator from the State of Arizona [Mr. McCain] a man who understands war, a man who spent more than 5 years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, a man who spent more than half that time in solitary confinement. So I figure that when Senator McCain talks about war, I should listen. Each day now brings a whole new series of horrible stories of the inhumanity in Bosnia.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the humanitarian crisis in Bosnia and referencing Senator McCain's experiences.

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