Hastert: Clinton `shortsighted' Policy on Kosovo needs clarification

House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) on Monday called PresidentClinton's request for more than $6 billion to pay for the war inYugoslavia "shortsighted" and said Clinton should lay out a clearpolicy on Kosovo for Congress and the American people.

Hastert told the Sun-Times editorial board that Clinton "needs toexplain to the American people why we're there, why it's important tobe there, also what our commitment is . . . and our goals andrealistic objectives."

"And if it's going to be a long-term commitment, we need toprepare the American people for that."The administration's request would cover both the U.S. share ofthe air campaign, which began March 24, and …