In an interview with Lesley Stahl on the Columbia Broadcasting System’s television news magazine 60 Minutes, when asked about the 500,000 Iraqi children that have died over the previous five years of United Nations trade sanctions on their nation, Madeleine Albright, Ambassador to the UN replies, “I think this is a very hard choice, but the price—we think the price is worth it. …”

       [restored 3/26/2023] Thanks to Bill Holmes for this entry.

Subsequent Events:

8/23/1996                     11/10/2001

References:

Iraq after the Gulf War: Sanctions
www.fff.org/freedom/fd0711d.asp

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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