USA: AMERICAN PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE US ROLE IN KOSOVO IS BEGINNING TO WANE ACCORDING TO A NEW POLL

Record ID: 990254

  • Title: USA: AMERICAN PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE US ROLE IN KOSOVO IS BEGINNING TO WANE ACCORDING TO A NEW POLL
  • Date: 19th May 1999
  • Summary: NEW YORK CITY, UNITED STATES (MAY 18, 1999) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. SLV STREET SCENES IN MANHATTAN (3 SHOTS) 0.13 (FILE) 2. SLV CLINTON ARRIVING BY HELICOPTER AT WHITE HOUSE 0.21 3. MCU (English) UNIDENTIFIED MAN SAYING "They should have been in there quite a few months earlier. I don't think we should have let it progress to this stage at all" 0.32 4. MCU (English) UNIDENTIFIED MAN SAYING "In Kosovo, he has no idea what he's doing, there's a problem... just send in airstrikes. Nice, clean, nobody gets hurt and he looks good." 0.40 WASHINGTON, D.C. UNITED STATES (MAY 18, 1999) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 5. SV ANDREW KOHUT OF THE PEW CENTER FOR PEOPLE AND THE PRESS 0.47 6. MCU (English) KOHUT SAYING "This is clearly taking its toll on American public opinion. They think that mistakes are being made, that there's a certain frustration level both with the mistakes and whether we're getting anywhere in this campaign." 1.01 WASHINGTON, D.C. UNITED STATES (MAY 18, 1999) (POOL - ACCESS ALL) 7. SLV CLINTON WITH ABDULLAH, KING OF JORDAN 1.08 8. MCU (English) PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON SAYING "Those are judgments, they're being made, that I don't really understand this implication that the United States is stalling. There are military assets that's there, they're there to be used under appropriate circumstances when the military commanders decide that it should be done. It's not a political decision in any way and it should not be." 1.26 AVIANO, ITALY (RECENT) (RTN -ACCESS ALL) 9. LV F-15 FIGHTER TAKING OFF AT NIGHT 1.37 UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION, KOSOVO, YUGOSLAVIA (RECENT) (RTN - ACCESS ALL) 10. GV NATO JETS IN THE AIR 1.43 11. SLV/SV OF CHARRED BODIES/ BURNING TRACTORS (3 SHOTS) 1.57 BELGRADE, YUGOSLAVIA (RECENT) (JRT - NO ACCESS YUGOSLAVIA) 12. SLV/SV OF CHINESE EMBASSY WRECKAGE AFTER BOMBING (5 SHOTS) 2.14 KUKES, ALBANIA (RECENT) (RTN - ACCESS ALL) 13. SLV/CU OF REFUGEES IN SHELTER/ WOMAN CRYING (3 SHOTS) 2.28 WASHINGTON, D.C. UNITED STATES (MAY 18, 1999) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 14. MCU (English) KOHUT SAYING "Interest in Kosovo has only fallen off in the last few weeks with these reports of collateral damage. It's a story that has gone on for a long time for one, but secondly it is a story that is now reporting things which aren't so pleasant to the American public." 2.47 NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (MAY 18, 1999) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 15. MCU (English) UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN SAYING "The stock market's up, unemployment is good, the economy is good I think he's very good." 2.53 16. MCU (English) UNIDENTIFIED MAN "It just seems like you keep hearing the same news stories over and over. I just hope something will happen and it will get solved pretty quick." 3.01 17. MCU (English) UNIDENTIFIED MAN SAYING "American people in general don't pay much attention to it because it is far away. I was talking to some of my friends about it and it seems like the Holocaust, World War II, distant and far away. I'm glad that he stepped up with an initiative to try to force the hands of the Serbs and to put an end to the matter." 3.30 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Country: Yugoslavia
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