[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 118 (Friday, August 19, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[Congressional Record: August 19, 1994]
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              AMERICAN SERVICE PERSONNEL CAPTURED IN LAOS

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                            HON. TIM HOLDEN

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, August 19, 1994

  Mr. HOLDEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to urge the Lao Peoples 
Democratic Republic to account for the last known alive American 
soldiers and citizens, who were captured alive as prisoners in that 
country.
  Although hostilities with Laos have ceased, many unresolved questions 
remain about American service personnel captured in Southeast Asia. The 
United States has released all citizens and prisoners held captive 
during our involvement in Southeast Asia, and I call upon the nations 
of Southeast Asia to ensure that all missing Americans have been 
accounted for.
  I fully support the policy that all captured prisoners should be 
released and accounted for by the United States and the Lao people. I 
thank the Lao people for their cooperation and assistance in this 
matter and look forward to a full resolution of this issue. Both 
nations will be well served by a full accounting of all missing 
personnel. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support efforts to gain 
a full accounting of all Americans missing in Laos and Southeast Asia.

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