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[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 224 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

  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.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 8, 1999

Mr. Cleland (for himself, Mr. Robb, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Warner, Mr. Inhofe, 
 Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Lieberman, and Mr. Domenici) submitted the following 
    resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

                           November 10, 1999

             Committee discharged; considered and agreed to

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                               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;
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
    Resolved, That it is the Sense of the Senate--
            (1) to designate November 11, 1999, as a special day for 
        recognizing and welcoming home the members of the Armed Forces 
        (including active component and reserve component personnel), 
        and the civilian personnel of the United States, who 
        participated in the recently-completed operations in Kosovo and 
        the Balkans, including combat operations and humanitarian 
        assistance operations;
            (2) to designate November 11, 1999, as a special day for 
        remembering the members of the Armed Forces deployed in Kosovo 
        and throughout the world, and the families of such members;
            (3) to make the designations under paragraphs (1) and (2) 
        on November 11, 1999, in light of the traditional celebration 
        and recognition of the veterans of the United States on 
        November 11 each year;
            (4) to acknowledge that the members of the Armed Forces who 
        served in Kosovo and the Balkans responded to the call to arms 
        during a time of change in world history;
            (5) to recognize that we live in times of international 
        unrest and that the conflict in Kosovo was a dangerous military 
        operation, as all combat operations are; and
            (6) to acknowledge that the United States owes a debt of 
        gratitude to the members of the Armed Forces who served in the 
        conflict in Kosovo, to their families, and to all the members 
        of the Armed Forces who place themselves in harm's way each and 
        every day.
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