Crossfire (CNN) - 1999-10-22

Name: Crossfire (CNN) - 1999-10-22
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[0:00] the gas tax

[0:01] >> and Republican Senator James I Inhof of

[0:03] Oklahoma, member of the Armed Services

[0:05] Committee.

[0:09] >> Good evening. Welcome to Crossfire. The

[0:11] drum beatat of isolationist criticism

[0:14] continues. National Security Adviser

[0:16] Samuel Burgerer the latest to accuse

[0:18] Republicans in Congress of hiding under

[0:20] a rock when it comes to world

[0:22] leadership.

[0:24] >> There is a very real threat to our

[0:27] authority.

[0:29] It lies in the impulse to withdraw the

[0:31] from the world in a way that would

[0:34] squander our advantages, alienate our

[0:36] friends, diminish our credibility,

[0:39] betray our values, and discredit our

[0:42] example.

[0:43] As examples of what they call new

[0:45] isolationism, Clinton and Burger cite

[0:47] failure of Congress to ratify the

[0:49] nuclear test ban treaty, support foreign

[0:51] aid, and pay our UN dues. Republicans

[0:54] argue they're actually strengthening

[0:56] America's position in the world, not

[0:57] weakening it. House Majority Leader Dick

[1:00] Army dismissed Burger's comments as

[1:02] quote, "Random name calling by a

[1:04] frustrated administration." So, who's

[1:06] right tonight? Maybe we'll find out. Two

[1:09] senators, two different points of view.

[1:11] Bob, Senator Feinstein, I cannot imagine

[1:14] Henry Kissinger under Richard Nixon,

[1:17] Zimbaby of Pjinski under Jimmy Carter or

[1:20] Coen Powell under uh uh Ronald Reagan

[1:23] delivering a a speech like that, a

[1:25] national security adviser. Don't you

[1:27] think as a responsible senator, and I've

[1:30] always considered you a responsible

[1:31] senator,

[1:32] >> worry about what's coming now,

[1:35] >> that a national security adviser ought

[1:38] to stay away from name calling and

[1:41] sl