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The Speicher Bill Works!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Subject: Fw: THE SPEICHER BILL WORKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you to everyone that worked to help pass "THE PERSIAN GULF WAR POW/MIA ACCOUNTABILITY ACT" which is called "The Speicher Bill". We need to make a special "thank you" to Senator Campbell's Legislative Director, Larry Vigil without whose hard work and dedication this bill would never have passed. His perseverance may have saved a POWs life. More information on the bill (now law) is on www.greasyonline,com. Danny "Greasy" Belcher Infantry Sgt. Vietnam 68-69 "D" Troop 7th Sqdn 1st Air Cav. 2-Draft-2 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Camden Hubbard April 8, 2003 (202) 224-5852 CAMPBELL VOWS TO BRING HOME POWS WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-CO) received confirmation from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that the Persian Gulf War POW/MIA Accountability Act of 2002, which he authored last Congress, also applies to Operation Iraqi Freedom. The law offers to grant refugee status in the United States to nationals of Iraq or the Middle East region who bring forth information that helps bring home an American POW/MIA. The DHS's confirmation means that Mohammad, an Iraqi man who brought crucial information to the Marines that resulted in the return of American POW Jessica Lynch, is covered under Campbell's law, as well as any others who bring forth crucial information to bring home American POW/MIAs. Currently Mohammed has received temporary refugee status and is in the custody of the Marines. The Voice of America broadcasting service has complied with Campbell's Bring Them Home Alive Act by regularly broadcasting news that all Iraqi's who provide information to bring an American home will be protected under the law and receive asylum, pending extensive background checks. Campbell said of the developments: "All the pieces are here. Voice of America has complied with my law and has been broadcasting regularly, some of the brave Iraqi people are willing to help, and at least one has even come forward with crucial information already. "I will work with the Bush Administration and my colleagues in Congress to see that Mohammed is given asylum. As we all know, he has risked his life by coming forward and temporary refugee status obviously only protects him temporarily. And I will work with VOA to make sure that the message specifically mentions that an Iraqi citizen has actually received asylum because of this law. I want the Iraqi people to know that they do not have to be afraid to come forward, I want them to know we are good to our word when we said we would protect them if they brought forth crucial information. "Now is the time to try our hardest to bring Americans home, not months from now, not ten years from now. I will do all I can to make sure this law is fully utilized. The goal of bringing Americans home is too important to let go." Sempers, Roger
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IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY HUSBAND SSgt. Roger A. One Proud Marine 1961-1977 68/69 http://www.geocities.com/thedrifter001/ |
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