The fact of the matter is when the vote was taken, I thought that we should continue sanctions, as did most people in my party.

And I thought that you should continue sanctions and then later have the right to use force.

(editorial, Jan. 21) gives President Clinton reasons for continuing economic and military sanctions against Iraq.

We should continue sanctions in military cooperation, technology transfers and international loans.

They acted after signs that the consensus to continue sanctions on Iraq was fraying.

Some critics argue that we should continue sanctions for as long as 18 months before resorting to force.

At worst, Congress would say not now, continue sanctions.

Yes, the overwhelming majority of Democrats voted to continue sanctions against Saddam Hussein rather than go to war as Mr. Bush wanted.

At that point the Council will decide whether to continue sanctions for another six months.

He defended his call on Sunday for continuing Western sanctions against South Africa.