Guantanamo Protects American Families

GUANTANAMO PROTECTS AMERICAN FAMILIES -- (House of Representatives - June 27, 2005)

(Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, on Saturday, I was grateful to join a 16 member delegation led by the gentleman from California (Mr. Hunter), the Committee on Armed Services chairman, to view the detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

In the extensive briefings by Brigadier General Jay Hood with representatives of JAG, Naval medicine, the FBI, and interrogators, I am convinced we have patriotic professionals conducting a humane mission to protect American families in the war on terrorism. The detainees' meal was as good as any I had in my 31 years of Army Guard service, and I can see why the prisoners this year gained 5 pounds over last year.

I urge all of my colleagues to visit the base to learn firsthand of the hard-core killers who are detained as interrogation proceeds to secure intelligence on terrorist cells. Not a single life has been lost at Guantanamo, but thousands of lives have been saved in the Middle East, Europe and America because of information which enables terrorists to be arrested before they murder at random.

In conclusion, God bless our troops and we will never forget September 11.

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