Word: bosnia
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...PHRASE] Journalists in war-torn Bosnia...
...pointed but brief while lining up unanimous support for the Security Council resolution condemning Iraq, then turned to the harder task of enlisting allied support for military action. The President has never been one to rush into major military engagements. He prefers to wait until opportunities present themselves. In Bosnia he agonized and delayed for years until the warring sides were exhausted, then bombed the Serbs to the peace table. But he knows there's no time for that now. As he draws nearer to the brink, the President will have to do a better job of making his case...
...Bill Clinton [WORLD, Nov. 3] was at best the pause that represses. Suddenly, we have an American leader who is loath to berate publicly a brutal regime about human rights. And this is the same Clinton who insisted that American troops be deployed in places like Haiti and Bosnia. J. ANTHONY BLACK New York City...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT Blinking (at Saddam), still winking (at Jesse Helms) and not linking with Bill Cohen on Bosnia...
...Surprise statesman of the day was Gingrich, who a rueful Mike McCurry thanked for "working tirelessly" on GOP support. Upon pulling the bill, Newt then proceeded to do his imitation of Dole on Bosnia, suggesting a defeat "would have sent a very very wrong signal" to the world, especially with U.S.-Iraq tensions running high. Could this possibly portend Gingrich vs. Gephardt...