[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11399]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  DEBATING THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, today we will hold discussion and a 
debate about the global war on terrorism and about the battles in 
Afghanistan and in Iraq. It is appropriate indeed that we do so.
  This week, we are celebrating the Army's birthday. We are celebrating 
Flag Day, and we are continuing to honor the men and women who serve so 
brilliantly in the U.S. military.
  Today, Mr. Speaker, I want to rise for a moment and honor the men and 
women of the Tennessee National Guard. They have had deployments in the 
past year, and they have served with distinction. Today many of the 
junior officers and the commanders of the Tennessee Guard are in town. 
They were honored at a reception last night, and they are visiting us 
here on Capitol Hill today.
  We welcome them. We honor them, and we thank them and their families 
for their outstanding service, for their sacrifice, for their 
commitment to freedom, for loving this Nation and for being the 
embodiment of that freedom on foreign soil.

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