[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 64 (Wednesday, May 5, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S4790]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          COMMENDING THE EFFORTS OF THE REVEREND JESSE JACKSON

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I would like to take this opportunity to 
join all Americans in expressing my profound relief at the safe return 
of Sergeant Andrew Ramirez, Sergeant Christopher Stone, and Specialist 
Steven Gonzales from captivity in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
  I was necessarily absent from the Senate this morning in order to 
attend a technology conference in my home State of North Dakota. Had I 
been present, I would have gladly joined 92 of my colleagues in 
commending the Reverend Jesse Jackson, and the delegation of religious 
and political leaders he led, for their instrumental efforts in 
securing the release of these three Americans. A grateful nation owes 
them its gratitude.

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