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...lift the U.S. arms embargo on Bosnia. The move, approved in the House earlier this year, would be an affront to Clinton and the U.N. Security Council, which imposedthe arms embargoon the former Yugoslavia in 1991, hoping to prevent an escalation ofthe fighting in the Balkans. Senate Majority LeaderBob Dole, who at Clinton's request delayed action last week to await the results of the NATO allies conference in London, argued on the Senate floor that the embargo merely established a built-in military advantage for rebel Bosnian Serb forces. "We have an obligation to the Bosnian people...
Confusion overa possible U.S. military role in Bosniagrew as President Clinton and Congress clashed. While Senate Majority LeaderBob Dole renewed his call for a complete withdrawal of all UN peacekeepers, as well as a lifting of the international arms embargo,Sen. Jesse Helms (R-NC), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, blasted the President's statement that he may send U.S. Marines into Bosnia as "completely unacceptable." In the face of the withering criticism, Clinton backed away from his announcement yesterday that Marines might land if the UN requests their help in rescuing UN hostages, now saying instead that...
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