Political Quotes

“My concern is as follows. It is twofold. One, there is a long history of the President exercising his role as Commander in Chief and the Congress exercising its role primarily through the power of the purse. And for the 18 years I have been privileged to serve in this body I have participated in many, many debates on this issue. Now we are confronted with the fact that the American taxpayers have invested up to $7 billion, I am told, in this conflict in this very troubled part of the world, a part of the world in which historically troubles have existed from almost the beginning of mankind. I have always been of the opinion that it can never be settled. I have made many trips to this region. As a matter of fact, I was the first Member of the U.S. Senate to go into Sarajevo--my recollection is about 3 rac{1}{2} ext{ years ago.} I have been back on a number of trips with other colleagues. And the underlying problem of these people in terms of their ethnic conflicts and religious conflicts is just beyond me to comprehend. I have seen ravages of this war firsthand both on people and property.”