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There were some allegations in the story that could be easily disproved, and the two troopers had credibility problems of their own, un uldn’t we cancel or suspend aid to them? In a bipartisan congressional meeting and in responses to press questions, I argued against suspending aid. The agreement would have to be ratified in a referendum by the voters of Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic on May 22. What I should have done is release the records, resist the prosecutor, give an extensive briefing to all the Democrats who wanted it, and ask for their support.

I wasn’t surprised that Gingrich would follow Kristol’s hard line; his goal was to win the House and push the country to the right. After months of being told I was lower than a snake’s belly, I was now being held up as a paragon of all things good and true. In my remarks, I strongly endorsed the existing war crimes tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, to which we were contributing money A week later Bill Perry stated that a peace agreement would require NATO to send troops to Bosnia to enforce it.