[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 173 (Thursday, October 31, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6346-S6347]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  HONORING THE MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY WHO 
        CARRIED OUT THE MISSION THAT KILLED ABU BAKR AL-BAGHDADI

  Mr. COTTON. Mr. President, last weekend, elite U.S. Special 
Operations forces embarked on a daring and dangerous mission to locate 
and kill or capture the terrorist leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
  These soldiers knew that Baghdadi's compound was well guarded by 
radical Islamic terrorists who placed little

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value on their own lives. They knew the compound was booby-trapped and 
that Baghdadi kept innocent children as human shields to protect 
himself against attack.
  Nevertheless, these soldiers carried out their mission fearlessly and 
flawlessly. They breached the compound, eliminated Baghdadi's 
Praetorian Guard, and then cornered the terrorist leader in a dead end, 
underground tunnel.
  Baghdadi chose the coward's way out, detonating a suicide vest, even 
though he was surrounded by his own children. True to form, he was as 
evil in the final moments of his life as he had been throughout it.
  Now Baghdadi is dead, thanks to the brave men and women of the U.S. 
Armed Forces and our canines too. There is no other Nation on Earth 
whose military could have carried out this raid, and the American 
people ought to be proud of them.
  To commemorate their stunning success, Senator Graham and I have a 
resolution to honor the leaders and members of the military 
intelligence community who made it possible and to commend the 
President for his decisive leadership in ordering the raid.
  Therefore, Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed 
to the consideration of S. Res. 394 submitted earlier today.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 394) honoring the members of the 
     military and intelligence community who carried out the 
     mission that killed Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and for other 
     purposes.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to proceeding to the 
measure?
  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. COTTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the resolution be 
agreed to; the preamble be agreed to; and that the motions to 
reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no 
intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 394) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  (The resolution, with its preamble, is printed in today's Record 
under ``Submitted Resolutions.'')
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Maryland.

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