[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 42 (Thursday, April 10, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H1394]
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                       OUR VETS DESERVE THE TRUTH

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, thousands of gulf war vets have 
complained about nerve gas problems to no avail, and after all this the 
CIA now admits they had warnings as early as 1984 that Iraq had stored 
nerve gas in their ammunition depots that were later blown up by 
American troops. Unbelievable. The CIA now says they did not tell the 
Pentagon and it was a mistake.
  Beam me up, Mr. Speaker. I do not believe the CIA, and when thousands 
of gulf war vets are treated like whining hypochondriacs something is 
very wrong. I say these vets deserve the truth and the help of 
Congress.
  Furthermore, I say to my colleagues, if we want to balance the 
budget, we could save $30 billion in our intelligence budget by hiring 
Barney Fife, who will do a much better job and be a hell of a lot more 
honest.

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