Russ Feingold: “I have enjoyed working with her on the issue. I think the only thing that is regrettable is, we still have to be working…”

“I have enjoyed working with her on the issue. I think the only thing that is regrettable is, we still have to be working on it so many years later, after we identified the problem in the misrepresentations that have been demonstrated in this Bosnia mission. I am hearing more and more concern back in my State of Wisconsin about the unlimited nature of this engagement. It troubles me a good deal that my constituents feel they were told that this was going to be a 1-year mission, that it was only going to cost $2 billion, and if this didn't work out we would be out of there. Nothing could be further from the truth. Mr. President, I hope that either on this bill or in the bills that come later this year we have an opportunity to get some clarity and some time line and some absolute definition to this operation, because the American people are just saying, ``Why? Why is it that we are bearing this entire burden, or such a huge percentage of this burden, when it seems that the European countries could do so much more to provide for the needs of this area?''”