[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 1203]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              PHILIPPINES

  Mr. BROWNBACK. Madam President, I will draw the Senate's attention to 
a second matter. In the Philippines we have troops performing training 
exercises with the Philippine military. This is very important in 
helping to subdue a terrorist group called Abu Sayyaf. They have a 
couple of my constituents. They are being held by the Abu Sayyaf 
terrorists. We are hopeful this exercise in the Philippines that the 
Filipino troops are carrying out and the training exercise the United 
States is doing with the Philippines will result in that group, the Abu 
Sayyaf, being subdued; the Americans being freed safely and being 
returned home to their families. They have been held since May of last 
year and have been on the move constantly in the jungle.
  I am appreciative of the administration for stepping forward.

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