Hillary Clinton today voted against a bill sponsored by Senators Pat Leahy and Diane Feinstein that would have limited the use of cluster bombs, the barbaric weapons that litter the landscape of Iraq and Lebanon, threatening civilians. Before the vote, Feinstein displayed photographs of Iraqi children who were maimed when they picked up unexploded cluster munitions. Clinton was apparently unmoved. The roll call vote is HERE
Senate rejects limits on cluster bombs
WASHINGTON - The Senate on Wednesday rejected a move by Democrats to stop the Pentagon from using cluster bombs near civilian targets and to cut off sales unless purchasers abide by the same rules.
On a 70-30 vote, the Senate defeated an amendment to a Pentagon budget bill to block use of the deadly munitions near populated areas. The vote came after the State Department announced last month that it is investigating whether
Israel misused American-made cluster bombs in civilian areas of Lebanon.
Unexploded cluster bombs — anti-personnel weapons that spray bomblets over a wide area — litter homes, gardens and highways in south Lebanon after Israel's 34-day war with Hezbollah militants.
