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Congressional skepticism over Kosovo may be growing, but it's more likely to keep U.S. troops there indefinitely than it is to bring them home. Because while Capitol Hill will inevitably back away from allowing the war to restart, concerns over the safety of the troops means they are unlikely to aggressively pursue and eliminate potential security threats in the troubled Balkan fiefdom. The House of Representatives Tuesday voted to withdraw U.S. forces by next year unless Europe shoulders more responsibility for stabilizing the region, and the Senate will consider similar legislation on Friday. "But even if the legislation passes...
...Congressional critics complain that the Europeans haven't met their financial commitments for the rebuilding of civil society in Kosovo, but the slow progress on that front may have more to do with the security situation than with funding. "There's no law and order, no judicial system, no functioning native police - it's a mess, and all of the peacekeeping forces are not making it work," says Calabresi. "It's not as if the U.S. is out there aggressively stabilizing Kosovo and pursuing nation-building. Congress isn't exactly pushing U.S. troops to go out and take risks...
...Cost of Wal-Mart lawn chairs used by B-2 pilots for power naps during 30-hr. missions to Kosovo...
...Beverly Hillbillies' patriarch 2. Forum greeting 3. Itinerary word 4. He warned that pressure to deploy missile defenses could lead to a new arms race 5. Org. that will create a Kosovo war-crimes court 6. Soccer's Hamm 7. Cockpit abbr. 8. Alchemy has called off its deal to buy this from BMW 9. Sub __ 10. Jai __ 11. Rebel __ 19. Gov't.-property overseer 21. Lake formed by Hoover Dam 22. Former name of Tokyo 23. Garment slit 24. Indonesian province that's the site of a trial of soldiers accused of massacre 25. MacLeod of The Love Boat...
...held elections at home, ending a military dictatorship that had sought to stay in the West's good books by playing sheriff in West Africa. And the West was offering nothing by way of finance, weapons or logistical support to maintain the mission. Britain and the U.S., embroiled in Kosovo, simply wanted the Sierra Leone problem to go away. But the rebels' control over the diamond fields gave them a long-term source of funding that made them both a more formidable force and a more intractable foe. And the long-suffering people of Sierra Leone simply wanted peace, even...