President Bush told Congress last week that the small U.S. military presence in East Timor will remain there through at least December but that his administration is working to reduce that presence as quickly as possible. In October 1999, a U.N. Security Council resolution set up the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNATAET). The body's mandate includes providing security and maintaining law and order, as well as ensuring the delivery and coordination of humanitarian assistance throughout the Indonesian...
