[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 11747]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        TRANSITIONING SECURITY AND LEADERSHIP TO IRAQ GOVERNMENT

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, on June 16 in Baghdad, Iraq, 
three soldiers who were at a checkpoint that they were manning came 
under enemy fire. All three soldiers were assigned to this checkpoint. 
Unfortunately, one soldier lost his life and two soldiers have been 
abducted. One of them happens to be from Texas.
  In the backdrop of the Iraq debate that we held last week, let me 
restate a plea that I have made on behalf of these soldiers and on 
behalf of the United States military. It is imperative that this 
sovereign government of Iraq clarify and make very clear that anyone 
who kidnaps or abducts an American soldier will be held liable. The 
prime minister needs to make a very pronounced statement about seeking 
information on the whereabouts of these soldiers, and then he must make 
it additionally clear that he will not hold to anyone receiving amnesty 
for killing an American soldier.
  It is time to transition both security and leadership to the Iraqi 
Government now.

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