[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 200 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 200

Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the bombing in Dhahran, 
                             Saudi Arabia.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 24, 1996

 Mr. Scarborough submitted the following concurrent resolution; which 
           was referred to the Committee on National Security

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the bombing in Dhahran, 
                             Saudi Arabia.

Whereas the men and women killed and wounded in the June 25, 1996, bombing in 
        Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, were defending the national security interests of 
        the United States;
Whereas the United States continues to shoulder the responsibility of defending 
        not only its own national interests, but those of Saudi Arabia, the 
        other Gulf States, and the free world generally, and is therefore 
        obliged to put its men and women in uniform in harm's way in an 
        environment not necessarily conducive to the culture and love of liberty 
        of the United States;
Whereas the men and women of the United States Armed Forces are called upon to 
        risk their lives against an enemy who does not respect the historic 
        rules of war, who feels no remorse about striking against those who are 
        innocent and unable to protect themselves, and who believes that such 
        actions will lead to martyrdom and therefore is prone to launching 
        suicide attacks against which conventional defenses are not always 
        adequate;
Whereas it is the solemn duty of the President, the Congress, and the commanders 
        of elements of the Armed Forces to keep the Nation's men and women in 
        uniform as much out of harm's way as the nature of the mission that they 
        are undertaking permits, the circumstances that they face allow, and the 
        national security requires;
Whereas the people of the United States stand with those who have volunteered to 
        serve their country, and therefore grieve at the loss of those who, to 
        quote Lincoln, ``have given their last full measure of devotion'' to the 
        security and well-being of the United States;
Whereas those members of the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines 
        that remain in Saudi Arabia or anywhere else in the world, who stand on 
        the ramparts of the freedom of the United States, demonstrate a valor 
        and a faith in the American way of life that reflects honorably not only 
        on themselves but upon the country that they represent and demonstrates 
        to friend and foe alike the unshakable dedication of the United States 
        to liberty and justice; and
Whereas the men and women who lost their lives on June 25 in the bombing in 
        Dhahran were heroes in the truest sense of the word, exemplifying all 
        that is best and most virtuous in the American people: Now, therefore, 
        be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) the 19 men and women who died in the bombing in 
        Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, should be accorded all honor due to 
        heroes;
            (2) their memory should be recognized and held fast by the 
        Nation;
            (3) the families of those left behind should be comforted 
        in their sorrow; and
            (4) those men and women who continue to serve in the United 
        States Armed Forces anywhere in the world should be assured 
        that their well-being and interests will at all times be 
        safeguarded and given the highest priority by those in the 
        Congress and the Government who have sworn to uphold the 
        Constitution and defend the interests of the Nation and its 
        people.
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