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Arlen Specter: I think there is no one in this Chamber who carries greater respect than Senator Lugar on issues of foreign policy. The…

On the recordMay 3, 1999
I think there is no one in this Chamber who carries greater respect than Senator Lugar on issues of foreign policy. The problem that I have, which leads to my question, is the President's leadership. He has initiated the airstrikes along with NATO without a clear-cut strategy, and an overused word, the so-called end game. Absent a relenting on the part of Milosevic, where do we go from here?
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Arlen Specter
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Discussing foreign policy and military strategy during a Senate floor debate.

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