[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 51 (Friday, April 19, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3740-S3741]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                LEBANON

 Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I am deeply distressed by the events 
of recent days in southern Lebanon. The deaths of innocent civilians is 
a horrible human tragedy and our hearts go out to the families of those 
who have been lost. The U.S. Government should continue to attempt to 
facilitate an end to

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the fighting and to provide humanitarian assistance.
  I support the President's call on all sides for a cease-fire in the 
area. The cycle of violence, of attack and counterattack, must be 
broken immediately.
  The Secretary of State has been consulting with leaders in the region 
in an effort to reach an agreement which will restore calm to the area. 
I support those efforts. The Secretary will travel to the Middle East 
tomorrow. I am hopeful that he will be able to facilitate diplomatic 
efforts to reach a peaceful settlement and an end to the bloodshed and 
violence.
  I have joined with Senator Abraham and others in a letter to the 
Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, and the Director of the 
Agency for International Development calling for emergency humanitarian 
assistance for civilian refugees in Lebanon.

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