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James Traficant: “I support this resolution. Europe should be providing the ground troops. We have been propping up Europe much too long.…”

On the recordApril 28, 1999
I support this resolution. Europe should be providing the ground troops. We have been propping up Europe much too long. But I am more concerned about what we are not doing here today. We should be arming the KLA so they can help protect their own citizens. We should be supporting independence, because they will never coexist and there will never be a lasting peace. We should be going after Milosevic for war crimes. One thing for sure, now I know why the President of the United States has usurped the congressional power to declare war. Congress has no backbone for it. Today is a good debate. It will now separate the powers the way the Constitution determined it should be. Let us let Europe provide the ground troops.
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James Traficant
Ohio
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing U.S. involvement in the Balkans and the need for European ground troops.

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