[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 176 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 176

  Expressing the appreciation of the Senate for the service of United 
States Army personnel who lost their lives in service of their country 
   in an antidrug mission in Colombia and expressing sympathy to the 
               families and loved ones of such personnel.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 5, 1999

   Mr. Helms (for himself, Mr. Biden, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. DeWine, Mr. 
    Grassley, Mr. Frist, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Graham, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
 Ashcroft, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Bennett, and Mrs. Hutchison) 
 submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing the appreciation of the Senate for the service of United 
States Army personnel who lost their lives in service of their country 
   in an antidrug mission in Colombia and expressing sympathy to the 
               families and loved ones of such personnel.

Whereas Colombia is the largest source of cocaine and heroin entering the United 
        States and efforts to assist that country combat the production and 
        trafficking of illicit narcotics is in the national security interests 
        of the United States;
Whereas operations by the United States Armed Forces to assist in the detection 
        and monitoring of illicit production and trafficking of illicit 
        narcotics are important to the security and well-being of all of the 
        people of the United States;
Whereas on July 23, 1999, five United States Army personnel, assigned to the 
        204th Military Intelligence Battalion at Fort Bliss, Texas, and two 
        Colombia military officials, were killed in a crash during an airborne 
        reconnaissance mission over the mountainous Putumayo province of 
        Colombia; and
Whereas the United States Army has identified Captain Jose A. Santiago, Captain 
        Jennifer J. Odem, Chief Warrant Officer, W-2, Thomas G. Moore, Private 
        First Class T. Bruce Cluff, and Private First Class Ray E. Krueger as 
        the United States personnel killed in the crash while performing their 
        duty: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) expresses its profound appreciation for the service of 
        Captain Jose A. Santiago, Captain Jennifer J. Odem, Chief 
        Warrant Officer, W-2, Thomas G. Moore, Private First Class T. 
        Bruce Cluff, and Private First Class Ray E. Krueger, all of the 
        United States Army, who lost their lives in service of their 
        country during an antidrug mission in Colombia;
            (2) expresses its sincere sympathy to the families and 
        loved ones of the United States and Colombian personnel killed 
        during that mission;
            (3) urges United States and Colombian officials to take all 
        practicable measures to recover the remains of the victims and 
        to fully inform the family members of the circumstances of the 
        accident which cost their lives;
            (4) expresses its gratitude to all members of the United 
        States Armed Forces who fight the scourge of illegal drugs and 
        protect the security and well-being of all people of the United 
        States through their detection and monitoring of illicit 
        production and trafficking of illicit narcotics; and
            (5) directs that a copy of this resolution be transmitted 
        to the family members of Captain Jose A. Santiago, Captain 
        Jennifer J. Odem, Chief Warrant Officer, W-2, Thomas G. Moore, 
        Private First Class T. Bruce Cluff, and Private First Class Ray 
        E. Krueger, to the Commander of Fort Bliss, Texas, and to the 
        Secretary of Defense.
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