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Boutros-Ghali came in with a mandate to reform the bloated and debt-ridden U.N. but seemed to neglect that as he took on the role of foreign secretary to the world. He offended many when he condemned the Security Council for ignoring Somalia while it obsessed about Yugoslavia. Though he boasts about the reforms he initiated, he moved too little and too late to satisfy U.S. demands for sharp staff reductions and a zero-growth budget. His detractors say Boutros-Ghali was also burdened with a short fuse, large ego and thin skin...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "I will fight to keep our military out of unconstitutional foreign missions such as Somalia and Bosnia, plus outlaw U.N. control over U.S. troops...
...look forward to a report that, despite the greater number of persons killed in the past year by the armies of Russia and Somalia, U.S. forces are still rated tops by leading experts. (Heaven forfend the Crimson would consider criteria beyond the most obvious.) --Scott Shuchart...
Dole, who was the aggressor throughout the debate, also strongly criticized Clinton's "photo op" foreign policy, pointing to past events in Somalia and Iraq...
Clinton, while taking "full responsibility for what happened at Somalia," said his administration had achieved a great deal in the complicated foreign policy arena...