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TIME correspondent Alexandra Niksic reports that there is still no word from Bosnian Serb leaders Radovan Karadzic and General Ratko Mladic about the agreement. "That is somewhat worrisome," says Niksic. "There is an obvious mixed reaction in Pale, the city that has become the de-facto capitol of the Bosnian Serb government lead by Karadzic. Officials are not happy with the agreement, but ordinary people are feeling relieved. One woman, the wife of a local leader, told me that she welcomes the agreement because it is a chance for the Bosnian Serbs to have their own country. 'We can live...
...Muslim-Croat federation. The Bosnian state encompassing these two parts will have a central government, a presidency and a parliament. The government will be elected by voters throughout the bifurcated state, under international election supervision. No indicted war criminals may hold office. The city of Sarajevo, the besieged Bosnian capitol that became a symbol of the horror and courage, remains unified under Bosnian control. Refugees will return home. The potentially traumatic process of repatriating those refugees was not clearly spelled out this morning, though President Clinton did say that an independent commission will monitor the human rights of all Bosnians...
...Right now sentiment on Capitol Hill is pretty strong against U.S. troop involvement in the Balkans, and not just among Republicans," says TIME's Congressional correspondent Karen Tumulty. The House has already passed two non-binding resolutions objecting to the President's plan to send 20,000 U.S. soldiers to Bosnia to help enforce the peace. Clinton began his own lobbying effort last week with a long letter to Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. In announcing the accord, the President argued that the American troop commitment was "essential." "Without us," he said, "the hard-won peace would be lost...
...switch sides on the Posavina corridor issue. That will not make the Bosnian Muslims and Croats happy, since the Posavina corridor divides two parts of Bosnian territory which they would rather see united, but they got a major concession in a unified Sarajevo." Graff says that what happens on Capitol Hill over the next two weeks will be crucial. "I wouldn't be surprised if Clinton tries to get Tudjman, Milosevic and Izetbegovic to go to the Hill to reassure Congress that there's not going to be violence. If, however, the Bosnians, for example, go to Congress...
...Right now sentiment on Capitol Hill is pretty strong against U.S. troop involvement in the Balkans, and not just among Republicans," says TIME's Congressional correspondent Karen Tumulty. The House has already passed two non-binding resolutions objecting to the President's plan to send 20,000 U.S. soldiers to Bosnia to help enforce the peace. Clinton began his own lobbying effort last week with a long letter to Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. Today, in announcing the accord, the President argued that the American troop commitment was "essential." "Without us," he said, "the hard-won peace would...