Word: nato
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...West ever since the Dayton peace accords promised last December that he would be dumped from power and delivered to trial. Now he stands squarely in the way of Washington's rickety peace plan to hold "free and fair" elections this September in Bosnia--elections that will allow NATO forces to declare success and go home by year's end. If the exit strategy begins to crumble, then Bill Clinton's own electoral prospects are jeopardized...
...Pentagon flatly refuses to let NATO forces hunt down and arrest Karadzic and his military sidekick General Ratko Mladic. The only alternative is to persuade Milosevic to squeeze them out. After the Swedish official charged with implementing the civilian provisions of Dayton, Carl Bildt, tried for two weeks in vain to get Milosevic going, the U.S. set to work, and Milosevic reluctantly promised late last week, following several jawboning sessions with U.S. diplomats, that "the skids are greased" for Karadzic's imminent political demise...
...rare congenital condition that causes a malformation of limbs and organs. (By his fourth birthday, David had had 17 operations.) Boorda served two tours of duty in Vietnam and worked his way up the ranks, commanding surface ships and serving in various Pentagon posts before being named chief of NATO's forces in Southern Europe in 1991. He was nominated by President Clinton to the top naval post in March 1994, when his predecessor, Admiral Frank Kelso II, had to retire early in response to criticism of his handling of the 1991 Tailhook sex-harassment episode. As the first enlisted...
...will also continue our efforts to build a stable, undivided Europe. NATO's Partnership for Peace, which Russia has joined, has begun to unite the continent. NATO's steady, gradual enlargement will continue. We will also encourage a strong partnership between Russia and NATO, building on our cooperation in Bosnia. The door to European integration is open to Russia; it must choose not to isolate itself...
Roughly speaking, Bosnia confronts three possible fates after the NATO troops withdraw...