Last Updated: June 29, 1999
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ASNE on the move
The ASNE board of directors passed this resolution April 16:
ASNE, acknowledging the importance of Operation Allied Force and
the American public’s interest in the conduct of the operation, further
notes that:
On April 15, 1999, President Clinton promised to work with NATO and
U.S. allies to get more information out more quickly;
Thus far, on many days, the state-controlled Yugoslav media have
been more specific about NATO targets than the United States or NATO;
Thus far, the military campaign in the Balkans is one of the most
important U.S. military efforts in recent years, yet the Defense Department
has supplied far less information than in the Persian Gulf War and Desert
Fox operation;
The American press recognizes the government’s right withhold information
that could endanger members of the military, and will commit to continue
our history of cooperation; therefore
Be it resolved that the Society strongly urges the Department of
Defense to reconsider the dramatic reduction in cooperation with the news
media and to broadly expand the release of information to serve the needs
of a democratic society.
