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would agree to the solution through the threat of withdrawing
assistance.
84. Gellman, “Slaughter in Racak.”
85. Daalder and O’Hanlon, Winning Ugly, 64.
86. Gellman, “Slaughter in Racak.”
87. Ibid.
88. Daalder and O’Hanlon, Winning Ugly, 73–74.
89. Boyer, Kirk, and Young, War in Europe.
90. Ibid.
91. Although it should be noted that a number of minor differences
would remain even into the Rambouillet Conference, such as what
role the UN would play and its level of authorization. In the end, it
was decided to seek UN endorsement rather than authorization for
Kosovo Force (KFOR). Daalder and O’Hanlon, Winning Ugly, 80.
92. Cited in ibid., 75.
93. Worthington, “The Hoax That Started.”
94. Many members of the U.S. Congress, particularly in the Republican
Party, were highly critical of Clinton’s foreign policy. They were par-
ticularly skeptical of Balkan policy, which had promised to withdraw
U.S. troops from Bosnia after only one year of deployment.
Congress was also in the middle of the presidential impeachment
process, and was suspicious of potential executive attempts to use
external conflict to shift attention.
95. Joseph R. Biden, “Foreword,” in The Kosovo Conflict: A Diplomatic
History through Documents, ed. Philip E. Auerswald and David P.
Auerswald (The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 2000), xiv.
96. Congressional Record, “America Must Ensure That Genocide Is
Stopped,” remarks by House Representative Steny H. Hoyer, 106th
Cong., 1st sess., January 19, 1999, 145, H 252.
97. It should be noted that this debate was made more complex and
controversial due to the fact that it took place in the latter stages of
the Rambouillet Conference, when the final outcome was not deter-
mined. Many members of Congress, as a result, raised questions as to
the appropriateness of the measure, given its potential to damage the
negotiations. Congressional Record, “Peacekeeping Operations in
Kosovo Resolution,” 106th Cong., 1st sess., March 11, 1999,
145, H 1179–1250.
98. Ibid., remarks by House Representative David E. Bonior: H 1182.
99. Ibid., remarks by House Representative Sheila Jackson Lee:
H1207–H1208.
100. Ibid., remarks by House Representative Alcee L. Hastings: H 1236.
101. Congressional Record, “Authorizing the President of the United
States to Conduct Military Air Operations and Missile Strikes against
the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro),”
106th Cong., 1st sess., March 23, 1999, 145, S 3110–S3119.
102. Ibid., remarks by Senator Paul Wellstone: S 3113.