Bill Clinton

====Bosnia and Herzegovina====

[[File:U.S. delegation pose for a group photo with Air Force personnel during the flight to Tuzla, Bosnia - Flickr - The Central Intelligence Agency.jpg|thumb|left|Clinton with the U.S. delegation to Bosnia and Air Force personnel in a flight to [[Tuzla]] on December 22, 1997. Clinton is seen alongside future President [[Joe Biden]].]]
In 1993 and 1994, Clinton pressured Western European leaders to adopt a strong military policy against [[Bosnian Serbs]] during the [[Bosnian War]]. This strategy faced staunch opposition from the [[United Nations]], [[NATO]] allies, and Congressional Republicans, leading Clinton to adopt a more diplomatic approach.<ref>{{cite book|first=Carole|last=Hodge|title=Britain and the Balkans: 1991 Until the Present|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qNqCAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA55|year=2006|publisher=Routledge|pages=55–56|isbn=9781134425570}}</ref> In 1995, U.S. and NATO aircraft [[Operation Deliberate Force|bombed Bosnian Serb targets]] to halt attacks on UN safe zones and pressure them into a peace accord that would end the [[Bosnian war]]. Clinton deployed U.S. peacekeepers to Bosnia in late 1995, to uphold the subsequent [[Dayton Agreement]].<ref>Halberstam, 2001, pp 349–60.</ref>