The amendment that Senator HUTCHISON has proposed today sets arbitrary caps on our troop strength in Bosnia and micromanages their duties from the vantage point of Washington. D.C.-4.000 miles from Bosnia and Herzegovina! The amendment is fatally flawed. Mr. President. the Hutchison amendment is predicated upon a false assertion: that the U.S. contribution to SFOR is inequitable and disproportionately large. I will return to that inaccurate claim in a moment. Moreover. the amendment makes several incorrect claims about the current situation in Bosnia. for example that NATO forces participate in law enforcement activities there. In circumscribing future activities. it also incorrectly implies that NATO forces are transferring refugees or that refugees are relocating in order to control the territory of the other Bosnian entity. But. Mr.
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