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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. RES. 224

Expressing the sense of the Senate to designate November 11, 1999, as

a special day for recognizing the members of the Armed Forces and

the civilian employees of the United States who participated in the

recent conflict in Kosovo and the Balkans.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

NOVEMBER 8, 1999

Mr. CLELAND submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the

Committee on the Judiciary

RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of the Senate to designate November

11, 1999, as a special day for recognizing the members

of the Armed Forces and the civilian employees of the

United States who participated in the recent conflict

in Kosovo and the Balkans.

Whereas approximately 39,000 members of the Armed Forces

and civilian employees of the United States were deployed

at the peak of the 1999 conflict in Kosovo;

Whereas approximately 700 United States aircraft were deployed and committed to combat missions during that

conflict;
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Whereas approximately 37,000 combat sorties were flown by

aircraft of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

(NATO) during that conflict;

Whereas approximately 25,000 combat sorties were flown by

United States aircraft during that conflict;

Whereas more than 5,000 weapons strike missions were completed during that conflict;

Whereas that conflict was the largest combat operation in the

history of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization;

Whereas the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty

Organization achieved all the military objectives of that

conflict;

Whereas there were no United States or North Atlantic Treaty Organization combat fatalities during that conflict;

and

Whereas that conflict was the most precise air assault in history: Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved, That it is the Sense of the Senate—

2 (1) to designate November 11, 1999, as a spe3 cial day for recognizing and welcoming home the

4 members of the Armed Forces (including active com5 ponent and reserve component personnel), and the

6 civilian personnel of the United States, who partici7 pated in the recently-completed operations in Kosovo

8 and the Balkans, including combat operations and

9 humanitarian assistance operations;

10 (2) to designate November 11, 1999, as a spe11 cial day for remembering the members of the Armed
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1 Forces deployed in Kosovo and throughout the

2 world, and the families of such members;

3 (3) to make the designations under paragraphs

4 (1) and (2) on November 11, 1999, in light of the

5 traditional celebration and recognition of the vet6 erans of the United States on November 11 each

7 year;

8 (4) to acknowledge that the members of the

9 Armed Forces who served in Kosovo and the Bal10 kans responded to the call to arms during a time of

11 change in world history;

12 (5) to recognize that we live in times of inter13 national unrest and that the conflict in Kosovo was

14 a dangerous military operation, as all combat oper15 ations are; and

16 (6) to acknowledge that the United States owes

17 a debt of gratitude to the members of the Armed

18 Forces who served in the conflict in Kosovo, to their

19 families, and to all the members of the Armed

20 Forces who place themselves in harm’s way each and

21 every day.

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