The Washington Post, September 20th, 1994
This is President Clinton's "Great White Fleet" moment. President Theodore Roosevelt dispatched that boldly painted armada in 1907 to circumnavigate the world as a show of U.S. power. When Congress balked at appropriating the funds, TR famously said, "I have the money to send them halfway around the world - let Congress bring them back." In a similar fashion, Clinton sent U.S. troops to Haiti. Bully! Congress was against it. Most of the country was, too. Certain Republicans suggested - and Dan Quayle even said - that Clinton was going to war to punch up his sorry poll ratings. No editorial pag...
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