Instead, House leaders only allowed a vote on a Democratic-sponsored amendment designed to end the war more quickly by limiting funding to the "safe and orderly withdrawal" of U.S. troops.

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Michael Jackson said Yugoslavia had agreed to a "phased, verifiable and orderly withdrawal from Kosovo" that would allow for a NATO peacekeeping force to enter the province and provide a "secure environment" there.

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"We hope the withdrawal will be orderly and that both sides will refrain from further military action, " he told reporters in Juba.

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