[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 19992]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 SENATE RESOLUTION 176--EXPRESSING THE APPRECIATION OF THE SENATE FOR 
  THE SERVICE OF UNITED STATES ARMY PERSONNEL WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN 
    SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY IN AN ANTIDRUG MISSION IN COLOMBIA AND 
  EXPRESSING SYMPATHY TO THE FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES OF SUCH PERSONNEL

  Mr. HELMS (for himself, Mr. Biden, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. DeWine, Mr. 
Grassley, Mr. Frist, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Graham, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
Ashcroft, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Bennett, and Mrs. Hutchison) 
submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                              S. Res. 176

       Whereas Colombia is the largest source of cocaine and 
     heroin entering the United States and efforts to assist that 
     country combat the production and trafficking of illicit 
     narcotics is in the national security interests of the United 
     States;
       Whereas operations by the United States Armed Forces to 
     assist in the detection and monitoring of illicit production 
     and trafficking of illicit narcotics are important to the 
     security and well-being of all of the people of the United 
     States;
       Whereas on July 23, 1999, five United States Army 
     personnel, assigned to the 204th Military Intelligence 
     Battalion at Fort Bliss, Texas, and two Colombia military 
     officials, were killed in a crash during an airborne 
     reconnaissance mission over the mountainous Putumayo province 
     of Colombia; and
       Whereas the United States Army has identified Captain Jose 
     A. Santiago, Captain Jennifer J. Odem, Chief Warrant Officer, 
     W-2, Thomas G. Moore, Private First Class T. Bruce Cluff, and 
     Private First Class Ray E. Krueger as the United States 
     personnel killed in the crash while performing their duty: 
     Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved that the Senate--
       (1) expresses its profound appreciation for the service of 
     Captain Jose A. Santiago, Captain Jennifer J. Odem, Chief 
     Warrant Officer, W-2, Thomas G. Moore, Private First Class T. 
     Bruce Cluff, and Private First Class Ray E, Krueger, all of 
     the United States Army, who lost their lives in service of 
     their country during an antidrug mission in Colombia;
       (2) expresses its sincere sympathy to the families and 
     loved ones of the United States and Colombian personnel 
     killed during that mission;
       (3) urges United States and Colombian officials to take all 
     practicable measures to recover the remains of the victims 
     and to fully inform the family members of the circumstances 
     of the accident which cost their lives;
       (4) expresses its gratitude to all members of the United 
     States Armed Forces who fight the scourge of illegal drugs 
     and protect the security and well-being of all people of the 
     United States through their detection and monitoring of 
     illicit production and trafficking of illicit narcotics; and
       (5) directs that a copy of this resolution be transmitted 
     to the family members of Captain Jose A. Santiago, Captain 
     Jennifer J. Odem, Chief Warrant Officer, W-2, Thomas G. 
     Moore, Private First Class T. Bruce Cluff, and Private First 
     Class Ray E. Krueger, to the Commander of Fort Bliss, Texas, 
     and to the Secretary of Defense.

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