[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 100 (Tuesday, July 9, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1222-E1223]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  TRAGIC LOSS OF LIFE IN SAUDI ARABIA

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                       HON. GEORGE P. RADANOVICH

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 9, 1996

  Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, on Tuesday, June 26, 1996, 19 young 
American airmen tragically lost their lives in Saudi Arabia. My 
sympathetic prayers go out to those families and friends across this 
grieving Nation whose lives' paths have now been painfully altered in 
bearing the great weight of so precious a loss. In particular, my 
deepest regards

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go to Mr. and Mrs. Leland Haun of Clovis, CA, in my district who lost 
their dear son, Capt. Timothy Haun, at the young age of 33. May God 
bless Captain Haun, his family and his memory.
  It perhaps goes without saying, that the brave passing of Captain 
Haun and his Air Force comrades has not been in vain, and that those 
who viscously perpetrated this outrage epitomize cowardice. Mr. 
Speaker, the guilty here are hardly deserving of the gift of life they 
have now so recklessly taken from others so worthy of it. While these 
terrorists still slither through the cracks and shadows of an unstable 
region, our quest to uncover them must be relentless because their 
actions have been a direct affront to the United States, its people, 
and its overall objective of creating a more secure and lasting peace. 
They should know that the United States is not intimidated, to the 
contrary, when brave servicemen die, we are even more resilient.
  While our search for justice should be vigilant and our foreign 
policy unwavering, we should not lose sight of those who have just paid 
the ultimate sacrifice for their country's ideals. These men have 
passed in serving a vision tracing back to our Nation's first founding 
sacrifices at Boston, Concord, and Lexington. They, like their founders 
before them, have died for the principled tradition of freedom and 
liberty. They will not be forgotten.

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