[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 86 (Thursday, June 30, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: June 30, 1994]
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           CLINTON ADMINISTRATION'S ATTITUDE TOWARD MILITARY

  (Mr. BURTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, many Americans have been appalled 
at the Clinton administration's attitude toward the military. In recent 
weeks, they have seen a U.S. helicopter, a Marine helicopter, used to 
take White House staff at a cost of $14,000 to the taxpayers to go play 
golf.
  The other night at the White House they had four officers that they 
made serve as waiters at a Democrat fundraiser at the White House. A 
two-star general at the White House was told by a top White House 
staffer that she did not talk to people in uniform.
  Then during the Normandy trip, the White House staff stole 60 of 
these towels and about 30 of these robes away from the U.S.S. George 
Washington.
  Mr. Speaker, a message needs to be sent to the White House, the 
President, his staff. There needs to be respect for the property of the 
taxpayers of this country and to the military. These people serve and 
defend us in time of war, and they need our utmost respect, not the 
contempt shown by the Clinton administration.

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