[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 786 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 786

 Honoring the four United States public servants who died in Libya and 
condemning the attacks on United States diplomatic facilities in Libya, 
                           Egypt, and Yemen.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 18, 2012

   Mr. Boehner (for himself, Mr. Cantor, Ms. Pelosi, and Mr. Hoyer) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                           on Foreign Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Honoring the four United States public servants who died in Libya and 
condemning the attacks on United States diplomatic facilities in Libya, 
                           Egypt, and Yemen.

Whereas, on September 11, 2012, terrorists attacked the United States consulate 
        in Benghazi, Libya, killing four United States citizens, including the 
        United States Ambassador to Libya, John Christopher Stevens, Foreign 
        Service Information Management Officer Sean Smith, and security officers 
        Tyrone S. Woods and Glen A. Doherty, and injured other United States 
        citizens;
Whereas, on September 11, 2012, violent protesters stormed the United States 
        embassy in Cairo, Egypt, committing acts of vandalism and violence and 
        endangering the welfare of United States diplomats;
Whereas, on September 13, 2012, violent protestors were repelled from an attempt 
        to storm the United States embassy in Sana'a, Yemen;
Whereas Ambassador Stevens was a champion of the Libyan people's efforts to 
        remove Muammar Qaddafi from power, and served as Special Envoy to the 
        Libyan Transitional National Council in Benghazi during the 2011 Libyan 
        revolution;
Whereas, on a daily basis, United States diplomats, military personnel, foreign 
        service nationals and locally employed staff, and other public servants 
        make professional and personal sacrifices to faithfully serve the United 
        States and its people to advance the ideals of freedom, democracy, and 
        human dignity around the globe;
Whereas many United States diplomatic facilities remain threatened by terrorist 
        attacks or violent protests in the wake of these attacks; and
Whereas Article 22 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations obligates 
        host governments to ``take all appropriate steps to protect the premises 
        of the [diplomatic] mission against any intrusion or damage and to 
        prevent any disturbance of the peace of the mission or impairment of its 
        dignity.'': Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) recognizes the selfless commitment to United States 
        national security and to Libya's hard-won, transitional 
        democracy by the brave United States citizens who lost their 
        lives in the unjustified attack on the United States consulate 
        in Benghazi, Libya;
            (2) expresses its deepest condolences to the families and 
        loved ones of those United States public servants killed in 
        Benghazi, Libya;
            (3) condemns in the strongest possible terms the terrorists 
        who planned and conducted the attack on the United States 
        consulate in Benghazi, Libya, and those who vandalized the 
        United States embassies in Cairo, Egypt, and Sana'a, Yemen;
            (4) expresses profound concern about the security situation 
        in Libya, Egypt, and Yemen, and with the continuing threat 
        posed to the region and United States interests by extremists 
        and terrorists;
            (5) appreciates the actions of those who sought to protect 
        the United States diplomats and diplomatic facilities;
            (6) reaffirms that nothing can justify terrorism or attacks 
        on innocent civilians and diplomatic personnel;
            (7) calls upon all governments to continue to work closely 
        with the United States Department of State to ensure security 
        of diplomatic facilities throughout their countries, to secure 
        their borders, and to aggressively combat terrorists and 
        extremists who operate within their sovereign territory;
            (8) calls upon the Governments of Libya, Egypt, and Yemen, 
        in full cooperation with the United States Government, to 
        investigate and bring to justice the perpetrators of these 
        attacks; and
            (9) reiterates the United States commitment to promoting 
        its core values, including support for democracy, universal 
        human rights, individual and religious freedom, and respect for 
        human dignity.
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