S6600 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 12, 1995

pretensions would soon deflect concerns from

the field of security to political and economic cooperation, for example the European security conference or the G–7.

From this point of view, how much better

it would have been for Clinton to stop in

London—even on the way to Moscow—and

use the occasion of its V-E Day celebration

to outline a new vision of the North Atlantic

relationship, something his administration

has so far refused to do.

A new initiative is needed above all to restore a sense of direction to American foreign policy. It has become axiomatic that

the next phase of international relations will

be shaped by a limited number of power centers: the United States, Europe, Russia,

Japan, China and possibly India and Brazil.

Theoretically it is possible for the United

States to conduct its policy purely on the

basis of national interest, not unlike what

Great Britain in the 19th century termed the

policy of ‘‘splendid isolation.’’ This would require a careful assessment of rewards and

penalties for each region of the world and a

balancing of them to produce actions most

compatible with America’s national interest.

In the abstract, such a policy should be tenable because, on the face of it, all the major

actors enumerated above have greater conflicts with each other than with the United

States.

But in fact the United States lacks a tradition of a foreign policy based entirely on the

national interest. There is little bureaucratic skill in so cold-bloodedly equilibrating

rewards and penalties on a global basis. A

country founded by peoples who had turned

their backs on inherited tradition and who

believed in the universal application of the

values of their society cannot simply abandon the Wilsonianism that has dominated

20th-century American foreign policy.

Though I believe the time has come for

America to develop a concept of the national

interest and apply it in a balance-of-power

context, this will work only if we reduce the

regions for this kind of foreign policy as

much as possible and extend the areas where

a more cooperative—even Wilsonian—approach is feasible.

Russia is as yet too inchoate and unformed

to function as the anchor of American foreign policy. The two regions where moral

consensus can undergird cooperative relationship are the Western Hemisphere and the

North Atlantic or area. In both, the key

countries have, to all practical purposes, forsworn the use of force in their relations with

each other. In each, institutions already

exist capable of serving as building blocks of

a cooperative world order: NAFTA and

Mercosur in the Western Hemisphere, NATO

and the European Union in the Atlantic region. But while the Clinton administration

has put forward an imaginative vision for

the Western Hemisphere, it has failed to do

so for the North Atlantic area, in part because of the intellectual legacy described

earlier.

Unless America assumes a real leadership

role, the nations bordering the North Atlantic will gradually drift apart. America will

become increasingly marginalized; the two

sides of the Atlantic will grow more conscious of their rivalries than of their common purposes.

I strongly favor NATO expansion. The current policy of carrying water on both shoulders, of hinting at expansion to Western and

Central Europe while trying to placate Russia with prospects of a protracted delay—of

which the Moscow summit is a prime example—is likely to accelerate the disintegration of Western unity without reassuring

Russia. NATO expansion requires a decision,

not a study.

Nevertheless, by itself it will not create a

new sense of Atlantic community. Security

can no longer be the principal unifying bond

of the Atlantic nations because, fortunately,

there no longer exists a unifying threat.

Common purposes, not common fears, must

provide the cohesion in the new era in which

economic and social issues are becoming

dominant.

The time has come to put into effect a

North Atlantic Free Trade Area for manufactured goods and services, with negotiations

regarding agriculture to follow. Such a

grouping would accelerate the movement toward the principle of free trade to which the

members of the World Trade Organization

have committed themselves. In the meantime, it would foster cooperation among the

nations of the North Atlantic. In a world

with massive growth in Asia, with ethnic

conflicts and religious fundamentalism, the

Western democracies cannot afford their historical proclivities to national or regional rivalries.

The conditions are propitious. Labor

standards and wage scales on the two sides of

the Atlantic and environmental concerns are

comparable. Prime Minister John Major of

Great Britain and Foreign Minister Klaus

Kinkel of Germany have expressed their interest in such a project. A major American

initiative would be received as was Gen.

George Marshall’s speech for European recovery and would almost surely produce a

creative response.

In time, NAFTA and the North Atlantic

Free Trade Area could be merged, and new

consultative machinery in the political and

social fields could emerge between the Western Hemisphere and the European Union. As

Russia’s economy develops and its policy becomes more national, associate membership

for it in such a free trade area would be a

distinct possibility—much more so than in

NATO.

America should return as quickly as possible to what it has traditionally done best:

to put forward its vision for how the nations

of the North Atlantic can create a new world

worthy of their democratic principles.

Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I rise to

HONORING FREEWAY WATCH

frecognize the exemplary service the

Freeway Watch Program provides to

my home State in preventing freeway

tragedy, promoting public safety, and

enhancing law enforcement efficiency.

Freeway Watch enhances highway

safety by helping the Utah Highway

Patrol and other law enforcement

agencies identify and remove impaired

drivers from Utah’s highways. This

program trains private citizens who

have cellular telephones on how to

identify possible drunk or drugged

drivers and how to report these drivers

to law enforcement agencies. In the 3

months that troopers have been giving

classes, more than 1,400 Utahns have

been trained in this program.

This program was organized after the

tragic death of a Utah teenager. Highland High School student Sean Adkins

was helping his friend change a flat

tire in the emergency lane of a Salt

Lake Interstate on March 1, 1994, when

a man with nine prior DUI convictions

hit and killed Sean.

The friends who were with Sean that

night asked the investigating trooper,

Jeff Peterson, what they could do to

help combat drunken drivers. Jeff later

discussed this conversation with his

wife Suzanne. Wanting passionately to

make a difference in the war against

drunken drivers, Suzanne Peterson

teamed up with her friend, Dr. Carol

Clark who is executive director of the

Utah Science Center Authority, to implement Freeway Watch.

Freeway Watch has brought together

many aspects of the business community, law enforcement agencies, and

citizen organizations to promote public

safety and help law enforcement function more efficiently at no additional

taxpayer expense. KSL Radio and Television, US West Cellular, the Utah

Highway Patrol, Middlekauff Lincoln

Mercury, Les Olson & Co., the Alcohol

Policy Coalition, and the Salt Lake

County Chapter of MADD have all

helped sponsor this program and make

it a success.

Mr. President, I bring this program

to your attention because I believe

that this is an excellent example of the

private and public sector working together for the good of our community.

It has always been my sincere belief

that when a community bonds together, and works for the welfare of all,

great things will be accomplished.

Many local citizens have demonstrated

hard work, initiative, and true community service, and I want to publicly recognize them and sincerely thank them

for their exemplary efforts to make the

roads in the great State of Utah a safer

place for all.

WAS CONGRESS IRRESPONSIBLE?

THE VOTERS HAVE SAID YES

fMr. HELMS. Mr. President, as of the

close of business yesterday, Thursday,

May 11, the Federal debt stood at

$4,856,339,258,780.63. On a per capita

basis, every man, woman, and child in

America owes $18,434.75 as his or her

share of that debt.

CONGRATULATING ANGALENA

fRHUE

Mr. HOLLINGS. Mr. President, I rise

to congratulate Angalena Rhue on winning the 1995 President’s Service

Award, the Nation’s highest honor for

volunteers. President Clinton presented Ms. Rhue this outstanding

award on April 27 for her unselfish

commitment to helping hundreds of

Charleston area kids stay off drugs.

Angalena Rhue is special in her pursuit because she knows what drug addictions can do to a person. Just 6

years ago, this same woman was a

crack cocaine addict. Now, not only

has she conquered her addiction, but

she has developed a program, ITEC—Infiltrate the Enemy Camp, to ensure

that today’s youth don’t fall prey to

the same mistakes.

Angalena is quite a self-starter. What

began as a small project in her own

community in Summerville has now

expanded into three counties to serve

low-income children ages 4 through 19.