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...injured on Friday, the U.N. military commander in Bosnia, Lieut. General Sir Michael Rose, suggested further air strikes to enable his military observers to withdraw from the battlefield. But Akashi, who was in the Bosnian Serb headquarters in Pale trying to resuscitate negotiations, was not willing to approve the request. The next day when the Serbs began encircling Gorazde, Rose and Akashi called for "fairly robust air cover," according to a senior White House official. When a Serb tank fired on a hospital, injuring several people, Rose and Akashi upped their request to "close air support." But when NATO aircraft...
...trying to rob the Serbs of another battlefield victory, inject new life into stalled peace negotiations and redeem its own recent bumbling performance, when senior officials publicly contradicted each other about the prospect of air strikes. While the bombings were technically NATO operations in response to a request to protect U.N. peacekeeping troops, in practice the attacks were a U.S. experiment: an attempt to use limited military force to end the fighting in Bosnia. But the result was inconclusive, with the Serbs still in a position to fight on, and Washington appearing unable to punish the Serbs, no matter...
...secretary saidThursday in response to a request to talk withScott. "He only comes in for meetings and things...
...secretary said in response to a request to talk to Scott. "He only comes in for meetings and things...
Furthermore, there was nothing "secret" about this inquiry. I was in regular communication with Mr. Silverglate about what I was doing in response to his request that this office undertake an inquiry into the facts, and when I was done I met with him to discuss fully the facts as I had found them...