Word: embargoing
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...known. Bill Clinton, a college dissenter during the height of hostilities in Vietnam, showed last week that he could put a coda to that sad history and make a fresh start at pacification, this time with butter instead of guns. His lifting of Washington's 30-year-old trade embargo against Hanoi amounted to the final farewell to arms in the long, dismal, tortured struggle that devoured much of the best resources of both countries...
...Everyone's talking about complicated policy issues," he said. "I think that Western governments should react to [The Bosnian conflict] and punish [the Serbs]. [The shelling] deserves a very firm military response from theWest, which includes lifting the arms embargo...
...President, because of his evasion of the draft and his subsequent evasion of the truth on the issue during his presidential campaign. But speaking in the company of an audience that included Massachusetts Senator John Kerry, a veteran who has for some time demanded an end to the embargo, and Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his service in Vietnam, the President was able to overcome his limited political strength in favor of a fresh and long-needed shift in national priorities...
...Senate gives Clinton cover to lift the embargo...
...Senate took steps to encourage the end of the 19-year economic embargo against Vietnam, passing a resolution urging the President to lift the ban and allow U.S. businesses to take advantage of Vietnam's growing economy. The White House is expected to do so soon...