Bill Clinton in Joe Biden biography by Jules Witcover

On War & Peace: 1993: NATO air strikes on Serbs only with European support

convince Pres. Clinton, who balked at acting alone, without European support. He did accede, however, to Biden's plea to send Secretary of State Warren Christopher to sound out the British and French on a strategy to "lift [the embargo] and strike" the Biden introduced into the conversation the concept that Milosevic was a war criminal. A visit to Sarajevo by Biden reinforced his view that the US should back a policy of lifting the arms embargo and supporting NATO air strikes. But Biden was unable to ethnic cleansing of Kosovo, and with Clinton's approval NATO air strikes began. At one point Clinton told Biden he was considering halting the bombing, but Biden urged him otherwise; shortly afterward, Milosevic pulled his forces out of Kosovo. Serb forces, but Christopher was summarily rebuffed.

Three years after Biden had called for action, the Senate finally voted to lift the arms embargo. In 1999 Biden introduced a resolution in the Senate authorizing Clinton to take action against the

Source: A Life of Trial & Redemption, by Jules Witcover, p.325-327 Oct 5, 2010

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