[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 129 (Friday, September 21, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6634-S6635]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 SENATE RESOLUTION 588--COMMENDING THE 4 AMERICAN PUBLIC SERVANTS WHO 
    DIED IN BENGHAZI, LIBYA, UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO LIBYA JOHN 
 CHRISTOPHER STEVENS, SEAN SMITH, TYRONE WOODS, AND GLEN DOHERTY, FOR 
THEIR TIRELESS EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, AND CONDEMNING 
     THE VIOLENT ATTACK ON THE UNITED STATES CONSULATE IN BENGHAZI

  Mr. LUGAR (for himself, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Reid of Nevada, Mr. McConnell, 
Mr. Akaka, Mr. Alexander, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Baucus, Mr. 
Begich, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Blunt, Mr. 
Boozman, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Brown of Massachusetts, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. 
Burr, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Carper, Mr. Casey, Mr. Chambliss, 
Mr. Coats, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Cochran, Ms. Collins, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Coons, 
Mr. Corker, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Crapo, Mr. DeMint, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Enzi, 
Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Franken, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Graham, Mr. Grassley, 
Mrs. Hagan, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Heller, Mr. Hoeven, Mrs. 
Hutchison, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Johanns, Mr. 
Johnson of Wisconsin, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. Kirk, Ms. 
Klobuchar, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Kyl, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Leahy, 
Mr. Lee, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. McCain, Mrs. 
McCaskill, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Moran, Ms. 
Murkowski, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. Nelson of Florida, 
Mr. Paul, Mr. Portman, Mr. Pryor, Mr. Reed of Rhode Island, Mr. Risch, 
Mr. Roberts, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Schumer, Mr. 
Sessions, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Shelby, Ms. Snowe, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. 
Tester, Mr. Thune, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. Udall of New 
Mexico, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Warner, Mr. Webb, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Wicker, 
and Mr. Wyden) submitted the following resolution; which was:

                              S. Res. 588

       Whereas on September 11, 2012, 4 American public servants, 
     United States Ambassador to Libya John Christopher Stevens, 
     Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods, and Glen Doherty, were killed in a 
     reprehensible and vicious attack on the United States 
     consulate in Benghazi, Libya;
       Whereas Ambassador Stevens--
       (1) was a courageous and exemplary representative of the 
     United States;
       (2) had spent 21 years in the Foreign Service;
       (3) was deeply passionate about representing the United 
     States through his diplomatic service; and
       (4) was an ardent friend of the Libyan people;
       Whereas Ambassador Stevens served as Special Envoy to the 
     Libyan Transitional

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     National Council in Benghazi during the 2011 Libyan 
     revolution;
       Whereas Ambassador Stevens was a dear friend of the Senate, 
     having served on the staff of the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations of the Senate in 2006 and 2007 as a distinguished 
     Pearson Fellow;
       Whereas Foreign Service Information Management Officer Sean 
     Smith--
       (1) was a husband and a father of 2 children;
       (2) joined the Department of State 10 years ago after 
     serving in the United States Air Force; and
       (3) had served in the Foreign Service, before arriving in 
     Benghazi, in Baghdad, Pretoria, Montreal, and The Hague;
       Whereas Tyrone Woods was a husband and a father of three 
     children, who, after two decades of service as a Navy SEAL 
     that included tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, began working 
     with the Department of State to protect United States 
     diplomatic personnel;
       Whereas Glen Doherty, after 12 years of service as a Navy 
     SEAL that included tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, began 
     working with the Department of State to protect United States 
     diplomatic personnel;
       Whereas the 4 Americans who perished in the Benghazi attack 
     made great sacrifices and showed bravery in taking on a 
     difficult post in Libya;
       Whereas the violence in Benghazi coincided with an attack 
     on the United States Embassy in Cairo, Egypt, which was also 
     swarmed by an angry mob of protesters on September 11, 2012;
       Whereas on a daily basis, United States diplomats, military 
     personnel, and other public servants risk their lives to 
     serve the American people; and
       Whereas throughout this Nation's history, thousands of 
     Americans have sacrificed their lives for the ideals of 
     freedom, democracy, and partnership with nations and people 
     around the globe.
       Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) recognizes the dedicated service and deep commitment of 
     Ambassador John Christopher Stevens, Sean Smith, Tyrone 
     Woods, and Glen Doherty in assisting the Libyan people as 
     they navigate the complex currents of democratic transition 
     marked in this case by profound instability;
       (2) praises Ambassador Stevens, who represented the highest 
     tradition of American public service, for his extraordinary 
     record of dedication to the United States' interests in some 
     of the most difficult and dangerous posts around the globe;
       (3) sends its deepest condolences to the families of those 
     American public servants killed in Benghazi;
       (4) commends the bravery of Foreign Service Officers, 
     United States Armed Forces, and public servants serving in 
     harm's way around the globe and recognizes the deep 
     sacrifices made by their families; and
       (5) condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the 
     despicable attacks on American diplomats and public servants 
     in Benghazi and calls for the perpetrators of such attacks to 
     be brought to justice.

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