[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 98 (Friday, June 28, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S7328]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




CONDOLENCES TO THE KING FAMILY OF BATTLE CREEK, MI, ON THE DEATH OF S. 
                      SGT. RONALD LEWIS KING, USAF

 Mr. ABRAHAM. Mr. President, I rise today to express my deep 
condolences to the King family of Battle Creek, MI, who lost S. Sgt. 
Ronald Lewis King due to the terrorist act which took place at the 
Khobar Towers housing facility in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. My prayers and 
thoughts are with his mother, Mrs. Beatrice Robinson of Battle Creek, 
MI, and his wife, Mrs. Melvia Y. King of Bellevue, NE.
  Staff Sergeant King was a contracting journeyman with the 55th 
Contracting Squadron from Offutt Air Force Base, NE. He was proudly 
serving our country in Saudi Arabia, and know I speak for many in the 
State of Michigan who feel this tragedy very deeply.
  We must do everything we rightfully can to prevent future tragedies 
of this sort and to see to it that the perpetrators of this terrible 
act are brought to justice. I reiterate my support for the cooperative 
efforts between the United States and Saudi Arabia to ensure that those 
terrorists who committed this crime will be apprehended and prosecuted 
to the fullest extent of the law.

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