LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Clinton will not withdraw from Somalia until the job is done

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

8 Oct 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:03:45

Description

Paul Woodley reports on a televised address by US President Bill Clinton on the withdrawal of US troops by next March from a multinational UN peacekeeping force in Somalia, for now extra troops will be sent to Mogadishu to protect those already there. And on a political meeting at the White House on the issues and implications for peacekeeping in Bosinia. Clinton has been under pressure to withdraw immediately following deaths of US servicemen. Includes excerpt of Clinton’s address; reaction from Republican Bob Dole (in support).

Contributors

Paul Woodley; Bill Clinton; Bob Dole

Keywords

USA; Deaths; Armed forces; Ethnic conflicts; UN; Foreign policy; Peacekeeping; Wars (events); Somalia; Mogadishu; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Yugoslav War (1991-1995)

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