[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 90 (Thursday, June 30, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H5482]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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              EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY OF KHOBAR TOWERS BOMBING

  (Mr. BURGESS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, this past Monday, June 25, marked the 
eighth anniversary of the bombing of the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia. 
At 9:50 p.m. local time, a truck bomb exploded with the force of 20,000 
tons of TNT, and 19 Americans were left dead, Americans who were due to 
return home 2 days later on June 27.
  Mr. Speaker, we now know that this was one of the first battles in 
the global war on terror, and we have since seen other such battles, 
and other Americans have lost their lives. Now we are engaged in what 
the President describes as a forward strategy of the war on terror, and 
he articulated that vision again for the American people 2 nights ago, 
and I was grateful for his ability to do that.
  Mr. Speaker, the recollection of our record in what has happened in 
the past 10 years' time around the world has so changed everything that 
we do in this House, and the events of last evening have shown us one 
more time how the world has changed around us.
  I salute the families of the men and women who died at the Khobar 
Towers. God bless them, God rest their souls, and God bless every one 
of our American troops serving today.

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