[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 929]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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          HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES--Thursday, January 11, 2007


  The House met at 10 a.m.
  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord, our God, source of all life and love, the Members of Congress 
join with all the people of this Nation as we pray for our military 
troops deployed in harm's way in Afghanistan, Somalia and elsewhere, 
but especially in Iraq. Protect them, Lord. Strengthen them and guide 
them. Be for them a light, a mighty force and a safe refuge. Speak to 
their families words of consolation and assurance.
  May all military efforts bring about security and peace and make this 
nation grateful and worthy of their sacrifice.
  ``Lord, be a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of 
distress'' both now and forever. Amen.

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