Political Quotes

“How interesting it is that two good friends and two colleagues can be on opposite side of an issue at this point in time. Circumstances have changed. I draw the Senator's attention to page 565 of the bill where it says: Except as provided in paragraph (B), absent specific statutory authorization . . . the President may waive the limitation in paragraph (1)(B) for a period . . . of up to 90 days each in the event that-- . . . the Armed Forces are involved in hostilities in Kosovo or that imminent involvement by the Armed Forces in hostilities in Kosovo is clearly indicated; (ii) NATO, acting through the Supreme Allied Commander -- The very person the Senator from Delaware pointed to remaining in charge-- in Europe, requests the emergency introduction of United States ground forces into Kosovo to assist other NATO or non- NATO military forces involved in hostilities or facing imminent involvement in hostilities. There it is. The President, seeing the actions that the Senator just pointed out, can dispatch the American troops. They can come out of that cadre of over 100,000, or thereabouts, in NATO and go right into this action. The Senator says the 85 percent that are there now from some 32 nations are of little consequence if a portion of the U.S. forces-- namely, the ground combat troops--are withdrawn and we leave the other support troops and the other types of troops there. This is not an American cut and run. This is not an American pullout.”