text: Newsweek lambastes the president for diplomatic errors and missed opportunities : Security advisers originally told the administration to offer President Slobodan Milosevic a face-saving compromise ; when action became inevitable , they recommended strengthening NATO 's military threat ; finally , as airstrikes began , they urged planning for the refugee crisis sure to come .
  
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  Newsweek has criticized the president for diplomatic mistakes and missed opportunities .