[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6162]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       IN PRAISE OF OUR TROOPS INVOLVED IN THE YUGOSLAV CONFLICT

  (Mr. SKELTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, I had the opportunity several days ago to 
accompany with several other Members of this House and some Members 
from the other body with Secretary Bill Cohen, the Secretary of 
Defense, to Brussels and Mons and Aviano and Ramstein, involving the 
Yugoslav conflict. What I want to say this evening is that I have the 
highest regard and great praise for the young men and young women in 
uniform that we saw, in particular at Aviano Air Base, with the pilots, 
the ground troops, with the personnel, and again at Ramstein where we 
saw those pilots, and the ground crews and the loaders who are putting 
the cargo for the refugees onto those airplanes. They are professional, 
they are working hard, they are dedicated, and every man and woman in 
this country should be very proud of those in uniform who are doing 
their duty as they have been given their duty by their superior 
officers.
  Mr. Speaker, I have high praise for them, and I congratulate them on 
the wonderful job that they are doing for America.

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