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Clinton Salutes U.S. Forces in Bosnia

By Linda D. Kozaryn
American Forces Press Service

BRUSSELS -- During a preholiday visit to Bosnia Dec. 22
President Clinton told American troops thanks to their efforts,
the Balkan nation is no longer "the powder keg at the heart of
Europe."

"We gave you a mission and you delivered," Clinton told
members of the Army's 1st Armored Division and 2nd Armored
Cavalry Regiment. "What you are doing for your country is a good
and noble thing," he said. "You are doing it well, and we are
grateful."

First lady Hillary Clinton and Clinton's daughter Chelsea
accompanied the president to Bosnia. Noting it's tough to be away
from friends and family, especially during the holidays, Mrs.
Clinton announced a special gift to help troops stay in touch.
"AT&T, working with the Department of Defense, has donated $1
million so that each and every one of you stationed in Bosnia,
Croatia and Hungary will have an hour's worth of free phone time
to share with your families," she said.

Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, former Sen. Robert
Dole, 11 congressmen, Secretary of the Army Togo West and
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Hugh Shelton
accompanied the president.

Clinton said the delegation traveled to Bosnia first to
thank the troops for their service and second to encourage
Bosnian officials to honor the peace accord.

Before their stop at Eagle Base in Tuzla, the president
stopped in Sarajevo. There, he called on Bosnians of all ethnic
groups to work together to promote peace.

"They made an agreement at Dayton that we are doing our dead
level best to help them enforce," Clinton said. The United States
is determined not only to do its part, but also expects the
Bosnians to theirs, he said.

The president told American troops at Eagle Base the young
Muslims, Serbs and Croats he met in Sarajevo all want peace. "It
was like a chorus," Clinton said, "They said, 'Stay just a little
longer. We don't understand why we're supposed to hate each
other. We don't want that kind of future. Please stay.'"

Clinton's visit came four days after he announced U.S.
forces will participate in a follow-on peacekeeping mission in
Bosnia. "In spite of all you have done," he said in Tuzla, "I
think it is imperative that we not stop until the peace here has
a life of its own, until it can endure without us. We have worked
too hard to let this go."

He related Dole's assessment of the situation, who said the
mission in Bosnia is like being ahead in the fourth quarter of a
football game. "Who wants to walk off the field and forfeit the
game?" Clinton asked. "We ought to stay here, finish the game and
take home the win for the world and for freedom."

Clinton closed his remarks quoting a poem written by
Specialist Christina Campbell, a soldier stationed at Eagle Base:
"No, this is not our soil and it's not our own fight.
But if you've seen what I have, then you know that it's right."

http://www.dod.gov/news/Dec1997/n12231997_9712231.html