[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 87 (Monday, June 27, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H5181]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 GUANTANAMO PROTECTS AMERICAN FAMILIES

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, on Saturday, I was 
grateful to join a 16 member delegation led by the gentleman from 
California (Mr. Hunter), the Committee on Armed Services chairman, to 
view the detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
  In the extensive briefings by Brigadier General Jay Hood with 
representatives of JAG, Naval medicine, the FBI, and interrogators, I 
am convinced we have patriotic professionals conducting a humane 
mission to protect American families in the war on terrorism. The 
detainees' meal was as good as any I had in my 31 years of Army Guard 
service, and I can see why the prisoners this year gained 5 pounds over 
last year.
  I urge all of my colleagues to visit the base to learn firsthand of 
the hard-core killers who are detained as interrogation proceeds to 
secure intelligence on terrorist cells. Not a single life has been lost 
at Guantanamo, but thousands of lives have been saved in the Middle 
East, Europe and America because of information which enables 
terrorists to be arrested before they murder at random.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops and we will never forget 
September 11.

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