In 1991, Kerry was named chairman of a special U.S. Senate committee investigating the POW-MIA issue. Kerry played a significant role leading up to the lifting of the 19-year-old U.S. trade embargo on Vietnam in 1994. Several visits to Vietnam and stacks of declassified documents convinced Kerry and other Vietnam veterans in the Senate that only a few dozen U.S. soldiers remained unaccounted for from the war, a major sticking point on easing the U.S. sanctions. President Clinton lifted the embargo on Feb. 3, 1994.
As relations improved between the United States and the Soviet Union under Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, Kerry advocated deep cuts in military programs. He called for cutting $500 million from the "Star Wars" missile defense system and directing the funds to the war on drugs. He also proposed using military bases slated for closing as detention centers for first-time drug offenders.
I thought he wanted to leave NO MAN BEHIND????? DIdn't we hear him say so?