Some members of the Armed Services Committee insisted the Clinton administration answer questions about specific U.S. interests in the Balkans, and why U.S. forces should protect them.

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Most of those cuts will come in Europe, which will make the U.S. presence in the Balkans increasingly difficult to sustain and raise doubts about Bush's commitment to NATO, much less to an enlarged NATO.

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