[wonder if Maxine can tell us if that's a custom made flight jacket clintoon is sporting?]
-- U.S. President Bill Clinton completed a triumphant visit to the Balkans Tuesday, greeting both KFOR troops and the Kosovar Albanian refugees.
He wrapped up his busy day praising U.S. pilots at Aviano Air Base, in Italy, thanking them for their 11-week air campaign that forced Yugoslavia to accept a Western peace plan for Kosovo.
"You have repeatedly put your lives on the line to save the lives of innocent civilians and turn back the tide of ethnic cleansing," said Clinton, whose remarks were punctuated by frequent cheers. "Thank you again for this noble endeavor."
Clinton returned to the White House early Wednesday. [don't want to have to mingle with the rif-raf for too long.]
The refugees gave Clinton a hero's welcome as he and his family toured the muddy tent city. Stenkovec housed some 30,000 refugees at the height of Operation Allied Force, NATO's bombing campaign against Yugoslavia. full story
So how much did this little adulation tour cost, including the jacket?