I do ncluded. not really want to be on the Foreign ificant differ- Relations Committee. I admire those s results from who serve. and the terrible whipsawstems and ca- ing of opinion and activity they endure. I am not what one would denot a strict scribe as an expert on Southeast Asian due to inher- affairs. but I can tell you that I have f the aircraft. ide a reasona- surely been deeply Involved In the U.S. n of the two refugee policy in that part of the he revolution- world since I came to the Senate. for sidered. 10 years. I served as chairman of the ent. I hope Immigration and Refugee Subcommitst the Amer- tee. My good friend. Senator KENNEDY. derstanding is now chairman. and I still serve as lefense pro- ranking member. My remarks are limited to the impact of that decision I yield the only on refugee flows. It has become increasingly clear to the Chair. me that it is our duty and clear reCER. The sponsibility to take refugee flows into recognized. consideration as we make these kinds te Chair. of foreign policy decisions to supply arms in the world. We have clearly found that our military assistance and military Involvement in the affairs of another country always results in some very serious obligations on the part of the United States to receive and resettle refugees from that particular country if our policy goes awry. We have had it go awry. Not only do domestic groups at home proclaim and pour guilt upon us about our responsibility. our obligations. but other nations now have come to assume that the United States should. would. and must accept major responsibility for providing humanitarian assistance and resettlement opportunities to refugees from these countries in which we were once or ever. militarily involved. That is the pattern. If somebody can tell m r how we avoid that.
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