Word: nato
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Responding to a rough letter from Bob Dole and Newt Gingrich, President Clinton wrote Tuesday: "There will be no peace without America's engagement. If we turn our backs on this responsibility the damage to America's ability to lead, not just in NATO but in pursuit around the world of our interests in peace and prosperity, would be profound." He added: "If the negotiations fail and the war resumes, as it in all probability would, there is a very real risk that it could spread beyond Bosnia, and involve Europe's new democracies as well as our NATO allies...
Responding to a rough letter from Bob Dole and Newt Gingrich, President Clinton wrote back Tuesday: "There will be no peace without America's engagement. If we turn our backs on this responsibility the damage to America's ability to lead, not just in NATO but in pursuit around the world of our interests in peace and prosperity, would be profound." Says Graff: "There is no doubt that the agreements are worthless without the American troops. Clinton has his work...
...July, President Clinton concluded that what a diplomat calls his "muddle through" policy had been a disaster. The Administration thus became more forceful about finding an answer. Then there was a crucial meeting in London that resulted in a shift of authority on the ground from the U.N. to NATO. Finally in August, the Croats launched a scorching offensive on the Serbs in the Krajina region, and the Croat-Bosnian federation attacked the Serbs in northwestern Bosnia. The Bosnian Serbs lost more and more ground, and in late September they were ready to deal...
...four hours at F.D.R.'s Hudson River estate. The tete-a-tete was demonstrably friendly, with Yeltsin squeezing Clinton in a bear hug. With their urging, negotiators later agreed that about 2,000 Russian troops would play a noncombat supporting role in a multinational peacekeeping force in Bosnia. But nato insists that any Russian combat troops in Bosnia be placed under its control, a demand the Russians just as adamantly reject...
...deepening corruption scandal in his home country of Belgium forced Willy Claes to step down from his post as NATO Secretary-General, complicating Bosnian peace efforts. Claes resigned a day after the Belgian Parliament voted to force him to stand trial on charges of corruption, bribery and forgery in connection with a military-contract kickback scandal in the late 1980s, when he was the country's Economics Minister. Claes maintains that he is "totally innocent...