World News Tonight (ABC) (Eastern) - 1995-11-27

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[0:01] [music]

[0:04] >> President Clinton tries to convince the

[0:06] nation American troops belong in Bosnia.

[0:10] >> We must not and we will not turn our

[0:11] backs on peace.

[0:13] >> What finally convinced the US military

[0:15] they could get the job done.

[0:17] >> [music]

[0:17] >> What's your favorite food here, Jack?

[0:19] >> And how a make-believe world makes it

[0:21] possible to cope with reality. Life on

[0:25] easy street.

[0:28] >> From ABC, [music] this is World News

[0:31] Tonight with Peter Jennings.

[0:33] >> Sitting in tonight, Forrest Sawyer.

[0:35] >> Good evening. [music] Tonight, President

[0:36] Clinton sets the stage for what is

[0:37] certain to be a national debate over the

[0:39] wisdom of sending 20,000 American troops

[0:42] into Bosnia. The president will address

[0:44] the nation at 8:00 Eastern time to

[0:46] explain why he believes the US-brokered

[0:49] peace agreement presents the best

[0:50] opportunity to end the fighting and why

[0:53] Americans are needed to implement the

[0:55] agreement. With critics already voicing

[0:57] strong opposition, this may be the most

[1:00] critical test the Clinton administration

[1:02] has yet faced. We begin our reports with

[1:04] Brit Hume at the White House.

[1:07] >> The president acted confident today that

[1:09] as he put it, the public would respond

[1:11] to the argument he will make tonight

[1:13] that the US-brokered Bosnia peace

[1:15] agreement needs and deserves US military

[1:18] support.

[1:19] >> We have a responsibility to see this

[1:20] achievement through.

[1:22] That is who we are as a people. That is

[1:24] what we stand for as a nation.

[1:27] The people of Bosnia, the children of

[1:28] Bosnia have suffered unspeakable

[1:31] atrocities.

[1:32] We must not and we will not t

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