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What does it mean?
Smith recounts his bipartisan vote to support humanitarian aid in Kosovo.
In plain terms
He voted for President Clinton to help stop genocide in Kosovo.
What can you take from it?
Bipartisan support can aid humanitarian goals.

Where it applies

  • voting history
  • international crisis

Putting it to work

  • support humanitarian interventions

Questions to consider

  • What drives bipartisan cooperation?
  • How to assess political legacy?

Another view

Single actions do not define overall party alignment.

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