[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8047]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  WELCOME HOME TENNESSEE NATIONAL GUARD FROM McNAIRY COUNTY, TENNESSEE

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, today I would like to welcome home some 
of our Tennessee Army National Guard, our friends and neighbors from 
McNairy County who were deployed in 2004.
  America relies on men and women who are willing to give of their time 
and effort and energy to defend our great Nation. These are men and 
women of courage and bravery, and that is what each individual has 
done. They have defended this Nation; they have defended our freedom.
  I know the Tennessee National Guard Family Group Service of McNairy 
County has done a great job coming together to support the men and 
women in uniform and working to be sure that the families of those 
deployed had the help that they needed.
  Mr. Speaker, McNairy County really has been a model community in this 
effort, and I hope all of my colleagues will join me in congratulating 
them and welcoming home their loved ones in the Tennessee Army National 
Guard.

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