[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 11738]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             FORT CAMPBELL

  (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, I want to ask my colleagues to join me 
today in recognizing the members of the 101st Airborne at Fort 
Campbell, which is there in my district. These are the men and women 
who were there when we eliminated Saddam's sons. They were on the 
ground when we eliminated Zarqawi. They have always been there for 
America. And today, my colleagues, we need to be there for them.
  Our missing soldiers are members of the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry 
Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne.
  The past few days have been tough in Clarksville and Montgomery 
County where Fort Campbell is located. And to those families, we want 
them to know we are there with them, and I want everyone there to know 
that America mourns the loss of their colleague David, and we pray for 
the safe return of Kristian and Thomas.
  America needs the 101st. We depend on the fighting men and women for 
our freedom, and their sacrifices and their losses pain this Nation.
  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. May God bless our troops.

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