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Apparently, leaders are starting to realize that this is the situation the world faces in Bosnia. Pressure for military action is mounting from various fronts, including the United States Congress. Senators Robert Dole (R-Kan.) and Joseph Biden (D-Del.), two influential leaders, have called for air strikes to halt the Serbian onslaught...
After an energetic speech from Senate MinorityLeader Bob Dole (R-Kan.) that touted Bush as "thereal comeback kid," the president was introducedby a film of his own that featured historicalclips of the great American president and theiraccomplishments...
...think that because Gore and Clintonare younger, [young people are] swayed," said Sen.Robert J. Dole (R-Kan.) Dole said mediaappearances like Bill Clinton's "Arsenio Hall"saxophone stint won't affect young voters as muchas the Democrats might think...
Politicians, Kaminer says, are overwhelmingly loyal to their parties. "It is still a general rule in politics that people will vote with their party," she says, noting that Nancy Kassebaum (R-Kan.), one of two women Senators at the time of the Thomas hearings, "voted as a Republican" in favor of Thomas' nomination...
...after another member of Congress rose to voice reservations about war in the Gulf, but support for the proposed resolutions. Their reason: President Bush needs to present a credible threat of war to Saddam, and Congressional pusillanimity would undercut his standing. No less a hawk than Sen. Robert Dole (R-Kan.) warned that Bush should not interpret the resolution as "a hunting license." The Washington Post backed the use-of-force resolution only because it might move the country "measurably closer to peace," and The New York Times gave its hesitant endorsement for the same reason...