[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Page 23145]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 SENATE RESOLUTION 378--HONORING THE MEMBERS OF THE CREW OF THE GUIDED 
MISSILE DESTROYER U.S.S. ``COLE'' (DDG-67) WHO WHERE KILLED OR WOUNDED 
   IN THE TERRORIST BOMBING ATTACK ON THAT VESSEL IN ADEN, YEMEN, ON 
   OCTOBER 12, 2000, EXPRESSING THE SYMPATHIES OF THE SENATE TO THE 
 FAMILIES OF THOSE CREW MEMBERS, COMMENDING THE SHIP'S CREW FOR THEIR 
 HEROIC DAMAGE CONTROL EFFORTS, AND CONDEMNING THE BOMBING OF THAT SHIP

  Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. Levin, Mr. Thurmond, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. 
McCain, Mr. Byrd, Mr. Smith of New Hampshire, Mr. Robb, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. 
Lieberman, Mr. Santorum, Mr. Cleland, Ms. Snowe, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. 
Roberts, Mr. Reed, Mr. Allard, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Bond, 
Mr. Bingaman, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Kerry, 
Mr. Miller, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Wellstone, and Mrs. 
Feinstein) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and 
agreed to:

                              S. Res. 378

       Whereas the guided missile destroyer U.S.S. COLE (DDG-67) 
     was severely damaged on October 12, 2000, when a boat bomb 
     exploded alongside that ship while on a refueling stop in 
     Aden, Yemen;
       Whereas the explosion resulted in a 40-by-45 foot hole in 
     the port side of the ship at the waterline and left seven of 
     the ship's crew dead, ten who as of October 17, 2000, are 
     missing and presumed dead, and over three dozen wounded;
       Whereas the U.S.S. COLE had stopped in Aden for routine 
     refueling while in transit from the Red Sea to the Persian 
     Gulf to conduct forward maritime presence operations in the 
     Persian Gulf region as part of the U.S.S. George Washington 
     battle group;
       Whereas the members of the United States Navy killed and 
     wounded in the bombing were performing their duty in 
     furtherance of the national security interests of the United 
     States;
       Whereas United States national security interests continue 
     to require the forward deployment of elements of the Armed 
     Forces;
       Whereas the members of the Armed Forces are routinely 
     called upon to perform duties that place their lives at risk;
       Whereas the crew members of the U.S.S. COLE who lost their 
     lives as a result of the bombing of their ship on October 12, 
     2000, died in the honorable service to the Nation and 
     exemplified all that is best in the American people; and
       Whereas the heroic efforts of the surviving crew members of 
     the U.S.S. Cole after the attack to save their ship and 
     rescue their wounded shipmates are in the highest tradition 
     of the United States Navy: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate, in response to the terrorist 
     bombing attack on the U.S.S. COLE (DDG-67) on October 12, 
     2000, while on a refueling stop in Aden, Yemen, hereby--
       (1) honors the members of the crew of the U.S.S. COLE who 
     died as a result of that attack and sends heartfelt 
     condolences to their families, friends, and loved ones;
       (2) honors the members of the crew of the U.S.S. COLE who 
     were wounded in the attack for their service and sacrifice, 
     expresses its hopes for their rapid and complete recovery, 
     and extends its sympathies to their families;
       (3) commends the crew of the U.S.S. COLE for their heroic 
     damage control efforts; and
       (4) condemns the attack against the U.S.S. COLE as an 
     unprovoked and cowardly act of terrorism.




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