Word: panama
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...ever deepening commitment. On Thursday Pentagon spokesman Dennis Boxx announced that rather than withdrawing American forces, the U.S. was actually increasing its troop presence. Together with the troops at sea, the total number serving in the Haitian campaign -- some 28,800 -- eclipses the 26,000 Americans who invaded Panama in 1989 and the 25,800 sent to Somalia. "I'm very concerned," a senior military officer said at week's end, "that the mission's creeping, and we don't even know...
...Jean-Claude Duperval, who is expected to be replacedquickly by someone with better pro-democracy credentials. Biamby, who made nopublic appearance, tendered his letter of resignation last week and is rumoredto be departing the island with Cedras as early as tonight. Their destination isunknown, but could include Spain or Panama. U.S. officials have speculated fordays that American troops' presence in Haiti had so emboldened Aristidesupporters that the junta leaders knew they couldn't live safely on Haitianturf...
...Bush had to seek congressional approval to start the Persian Gulf War -- as he finally did, successfully -- contend that an invasion of Haiti would be a much smaller, less dangerous undertaking. Comparable, in fact, to the Reagan Administration invasion of Grenada and George Bush's pre-Kuwait invasion of Panama, which the Democrats now retroactively approve. Republicans who backed those invasions even though Congress was never consulted in advance now insist the plain sense of the Constitution is that the President must not send troops into combat on his own hook if it can be avoided. Discounting for hypocrisy...
...BUSH -- Panama: "General Noriega's reckless threats and attacks upon Americans in Panama created an imminent danger to the 35,000 American citizens in Panama...
BUSH: "The U.S. intends to withdraw the forces newly deployed to Panama as quickly as possible...