[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 167 (Wednesday, December 5, 2001)]
[House]
[Pages H8848-H8849]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       THANKING THOSE SERVING AND WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE MILITARY

  (Mr. SHIMKUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.
  Mr. SHIMKUS. Mr. Speaker, it has been quoted as saying that war is 
hell. We mourn the reported deaths of our soldiers in Afghanistan. We 
know the risks of combat. We know that wars are fought and won on the 
battlefield, and it is only on the rarest of occasion that in warfare 
we do not lose some of our own.
  The military accepts these risks, the military and our government. We 
do not like it, but it is reality. To serve and protect, that is what 
they do. Duty, honor, country. Our liberty is paid for by the blood of 
our sons and daughters.

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  I pause to thank those who are serving in the military and those who 
have served in the past.

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