DATE=11/12/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-241584
TITLE=CONGRESS-IRAQ (L-ONLY)
BYLINE=DAVID SWAN
DATELINE=CAPITOL HILL
CONTENT=
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INTRO:  THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION'S THREAT TO USE FORCE AGAINST 
IRAQ IS BEING GREETED SKEPTICALLY BY SOME REPUBLICANS IN 
CONGRESS.  CORRESPONDENT DAVID SWAN REPORTS THE OPPOSITION 
LAWMAKERS SAY AIR RAIDS AND MISSILE STRIKES MAY NOT BE ENOUGH.

TEXT:  THE LATEST SHOWDOWN HAS BROUGHT FRESH CALLS FOR ACTION -- 
NOT JUST TO PUNISH IRAQI PRESIDENT SADDAM HUSSEIN FOR DEFYING THE
UNITED NATIONS, BUT TO REMOVE HIM FROM POWER.

THE SECOND-RANKING REPUBLICAN ON THE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE,
SENATOR RICHARD LUGAR, SAYS A LONG-TERM STRATEGY IS NEEDED -- 
EVEN IF THAT MEANS COMMITTING GROUND FORCES TO BATTLE.

                         // LUGAR ACT //

         I THINK CLEARLY IF YOU WERE TO HAVE A CREDIBLE PROGRAM 
         FOR THE REMOVAL OF SADDAM HUSSEIN IT IS GOING TO INVOLVE
         U-S GROUND TROOPS IN DUE COURSE.  I AM NOT GOING TO TRY 
         TO PLAN THE WHOLE PROCEDURE FROM THIS PODIUM.

                          // END ACT //

THERE IS NO SIGN THE ADMINISTRATION IS CONSIDERING ANY SUCH THING
IN THE CURRENT CRISIS.  SOME MILITARY LEADERS HAVE CRITICIZED 
CONGRESS' VOTE TO ARM IRAQI RESISTANCE GROUPS FOR A CAMPAIGN TO 
TOPPLE PRESIDENT SADDAM. 

BUT REPUBLICANS ARGUE THE AIR STRIKES WILL NOT BRING RESULTS, 
THAT ONLY A CHANGE IN GOVERNMENT WILL END BAGHDAD'S DEFIANCE.  
SPEAKING ON N-B-C TELEVISION'S THE "TODAY" SHOW, SENATOR ARLEN 
SPECTER SAID THE ADMINISTRATION IS NOT LOOKING FAR ENOUGH AHEAD.

                        // SPECTER ACT //

         WHAT I WANT TO KNOW, AND I THINK MY COLLEAGUES IN THE 
         CONGRESS DO, IS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT.  I TALKED 
         TO A TOP ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL YESTERDAY (WEDNESDAY) 
         WHO CONCEDED THAT THERE WAS NO PLAN AS TO WHAT WAS GOING
         TO HAPPEN AFTER THE INITIAL ATTACKS.

                          // END ACT //

THE SENATOR ALSO SAYS THE PRESIDENT HAS NOT CONSULTED LAWMAKERS 
CLOSELY ENOUGH.  HE URGED MR. CLINTON TO CALL CONGRESS BACK INTO 
SESSION TO VOTE ON THE USE OF FORCE AGAINST IRAQ.   (SIGNED)

NEB/DS/RAE

12-Nov-98 1:28 PM EST (1828 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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