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John Warner: “Let me then qualify. My colleague interprets the amendment as saying legally we, the United States, will lift our…”

On the recordApril 21, 1994
Let me then qualify. My colleague interprets the amendment as saying legally we, the United States, will lift our embargo. And you agree with my observation this sends a message--again using your word--it implies that the United States is saying we will be sending arms. I ask my friend, if our allies, mainly Great Britain and France, who have at risk their own people in the UNPROFOR forces in Bosnia today, those forces, commingled geographically with combatants on all sides, be they Serbs, Moslems or Croatians, those UNPROFOR troops right in the crossfire of this combat--supposing Great Britain and France say, ``You shall not, United States, send arms in. We object to those arms going in.'' Could that not happen?
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John Warner
New York

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Discussing the implications of lifting the arms embargo during a debate on military intervention in Bosnia.

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