[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 783 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 783

 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to 
       the attacks on United States diplomats in Libya and Egypt.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 13, 2012

 Mr. McCaul submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to 
       the attacks on United States diplomats in Libya and Egypt.

Whereas, on September 11, 2012, United States Ambassador to Libya, Chris 
        Stevens, was brutally and savagely murdered during a violent attack on 
        the United States consulate in Benghazi, Libya;
Whereas three other United States citizens were also killed during the attack on 
        the United States consulate in Benghazi, including Sean Smith, a foreign 
        service information management officer;
Whereas the attack in Benghazi followed protests at the United States embassy in 
        Cairo, Egypt, on the same day;
Whereas, on September 11, 2012, protestors climbed the walls of the United 
        States embassy in Cairo, Egypt, and desecrated the American flag, the 
        ultimate symbol of the United States;
Whereas a spokesman for the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt responded to the attacks 
        on the United States embassy in Cairo, Egypt, by saying that the United 
        States should do a better job of protecting Islam;
Whereas it is inexcusable that the Governments of Libya and Egypt did not 
        provide for the adequate protection of foreign diplomats, embassies, and 
        consulates; and
Whereas the attacks on the United States embassy in Cairo, Egypt, and the 
        assassination of the United States ambassador to Libya is a direct 
        attack against United States interests: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
until the Governments of Libya and Egypt formally apologize to the 
United States and condemn in the strongest possible terms the savage 
attacks on United States diplomats in Benghazi, Libya, and Cairo, 
Egypt, and assure the safety of United States diplomats in Libya and 
Egypt, consistent with the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic 
Relations and the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, the 
President should immediately suspend all United States foreign 
assistance to the governments of such countries.
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