by John McCain, interviewed by Major Garrett

About the authors: John McCain is a Republican senator from Arizona and a member of the Armed Services Committee. McCain is a former naval aviator who was a prisoner of war in Vietnam for more than five years. Major Garrett is a reporter for the Washington Times daily newspaper in Washington, D.C.

Garrett: You oppose limited U.S. military involvement in the Balkan civil war. Tell us what you hope will be the result of following the policy you support. What do you hope U.S. action or inaction will have accomplished"

McCain: I hope the result would be the civil conflict in what was Yugoslavia that has been going on for at least 700 years will be at a very low point, that the boundaries...