United Nations Peacekeeping Forces Finances

The Security Council authorized a European-led, heavily armed special U.N. force for Bosnia-Herzegovina in a vote before dawn Friday after days of delay caused by the misgivings of Republican leaders in the U.S. Congress. The influence of the Republicans on such a key foreign policy issue clearly embarrassed the Clinton Administration, which had to stand back at one point and watch Senate Leader Bob Dole (R-Kan.) and House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.

Caught in a bleak middle ground between its most important NATO allies and the Republican-controlled Congress, the Clinton Administration is searching for a way to help finance an allied rapid-reaction force in Bosnia-Herzegovina despite growing opposition on Capitol Hill.

Caught in a bleak middle ground between its most important NATO allies and the Republican-controlled Congress, the Clinton Administration is searching for a way to help finance an allied rapid-reaction force in Bosnia-Herzegovina despite growing opposition on Capitol Hill.

The Security Council authorized a European-led, heavily armed special U.N. force for Bosnia-Herzegovina in a vote before dawn Friday after days of delay caused by the misgivings of Republican leaders in the U.S. Congress. The influence of the Republicans on such a key foreign policy issue clearly embarrassed the Clinton Administration, which had to stand back at one point and watch Senate Leader Bob Dole (R-Kan.) and House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.