[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 11996]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE?

  (Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota. Mr. Speaker, where is the outrage? We hear 
stories today of two of our soldiers having suffered unspeakable 
tortures and left in a nearly unrecognizable condition, yet where are 
the cries of outrage against this brutality?
  Instead, we hear today of the EU leadership focused on closing Gitmo 
and Members of this body rushing to judgment on national TV before the 
facts are known about what our troops in the field have done.
  Yes, we should hold our troops to the highest ethical standards, but 
we must be outraged by acts against our troops. Our troops deserve our 
full support, and we must recognize the intensity of evil that we face, 
the lengths they will go to harm America and undermine our values, and 
the need to make sure we win this war on terror to keep our families 
safe at home.

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