[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 111 (Friday, August 7, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1638-E1639]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       ATTACKS ON U.S. EMBASSIES

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                           HON. TONY P. HALL

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, August 7, 1998

  Mr. HALL of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, as we await news about the Americans 
and others killed and injured in the reprehensible attacks on the 
United States Embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, I know our 
thoughts and prayers are with the families of these men and women.
  I have visited the embassy in Nairobi several times, and been to 
Tanzania as well. My humanitarian work has been aided immeasurably by 
the foreign service officers whose tireless efforts on behalf of our 
country often are overlooked.

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  The dedication of Americans who devote their lives to working to 
promote democracy and American values overseas never fails to impress 
me. Having visited our embassy in Nairobi just two months ago, I was 
again reminded by the caliber of the people who serve there--and struck 
by their dedication.
  Our colleagues may not be aware of this, Mr. Speaker, but American 
support to the largest humanitarian airlift in history--large even than 
the Berlin Airlift 50 years ago--is being coordinated out of the U.S. 
embassy in Nairobi.
  Two million people have died already in Sudan. A million more are 
threatened with starvation in the coming months. It is the worst famine 
I have seen since a million Ethiopians died a decade ago. Saving 
starving people is difficult, depressing, dirty work--and it could not 
be done without the support of the Americans who serve in Nairobi.
  Our nation is diminished by the loss of these dedicated Americans, 
and we share their families' grief. America's embassies are bastions of 
hope in Africa, and we will not forget those who died today in service 
to our country.

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