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Congressional Record United States Th of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 109 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 109 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION Vol. 151 WASHINGTON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2005 No. 146 Senate The Senate met at 1 p.m. and was U.S. SENATE, This week, we will also consider any called to order by the Honorable JEFF PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, of the available appropriations con- SESSIONS, a Senator from the State of Washington, DC, November 7, 2005. ference reports. The conference report Alabama. To the Senate: to accompany the Foreign Operations Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby bill is at the desk, and we hope to PRAYER appoint the Honorable JEFF SESSIONS, a Sen- schedule that measure either today or The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- ator from the State of Alabama, to perform tomorrow. We look forward to another fered the following prayer: the duties of the Chair. full week of business before completing Let us pray. TED STEVENS, our work prior to Thanksgiving. President pro tempore. Eternal Lord God, give us today Your f Mr. SESSIONS thereupon assumed strength for our weakness. We need SUDAN VICE PRESIDENT Your power for our helplessness. We the chair as Acting President pro tem- need Your wisdom for our ignorance. pore. Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, later this We need Your purity for our sins. We f afternoon, I have the honor of hosting need Your love for our indifference. We Sudan’s First Vice President, Salva RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME need Your presence for our loneliness. Kiir, in the U.S. Capitol. I have come Empower our Senators to begin to The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- to the floor many times to speak on solve the problems that beset our Na- pore. Under the previous order, the Sudan, having gone to that country tion. Grant that at every decision leadership time is reserved. just about every year for the last 7 or crossroad they will receive the direc- f 8 years, having spent most of that time tion of Your spirit. in southern Sudan. I look forward to RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY being with and hosting Salva Kiir, who Remind us all that we need not face LEADER life alone, for You have promised to al- is a founding member of the SPLM, the ways be with us. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- Sudan People’s Liberation Movement. And, Lord, comfort those whose lives pore. The majority leader is recog- In January of this year, the SPLM have been devastated by the Indiana nized. and the Sudanese Government in Khar- tornado. f toum signed the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, bringing an end to 21 years You are our strength for today and SCHEDULE our hope for tomorrow. of a brutal civil war, a civil war that Amen. Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, this after- has destroyed much of that country, noon, we will have a period for the especially in the south. f transaction of morning business until 2 When I first started going to Sudan, p.m. At 2 p.m. today, we will resume literally there was no hospital in PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE consideration of the Department of De- southern Sudan, and the one hospital fense authorization bill. On Friday, we that was eventually reopened was a The Honorable JEFF SESSIONS led the turned to the Defense bill under the hospital that had been closed about 18 Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: provisions of the earlier consent agree- years previously, with landmines I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the ment. We had six amendments offered, placed all around that hospital. It de- United States of America, and to the Repub- with one of those being adopted by stroyed health care there, obviously, lic for which it stands, one nation under God, voice vote. We expect further amend- but it had destroyed commerce, any indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. ments and debate during today’s ses- touch of humanity, and had driven the f sion and, as we announced Friday, we entire southern population out of vil- will vote at 5:30 p.m. in relation to a lages, dispersing them, with 5 million Defense authorization amendment. The APPOINTMENT OF ACTING people displaced and about 2 million chairman and ranking member will be PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE people who died in that civil war. here throughout the afternoon today, In June of this year, longtime SPLM The PRESIDING OFFICER. The and we will alert all Senators when chairman and a very close friend of clerk will please read a communication that 5:30 p.m. rollcall vote is locked in. mine, Dr. John Garang, went back to to the Senate from the President pro We expect to finish the Defense author- Khartoum for the first time in 21 years. tempore (Mr. STEVENS). ization bill on Tuesday or possibly It was a momentous time. At that The legislative clerk read the fol- Wednesday of this week, with rollcall time, he was sworn in as First Vice lowing letter: votes each day. President of Sudan. Up until that time, ∑ This ‘‘bullet’’ symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. S12415 . VerDate Aug 31 2005 01:03 Nov 08, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A07NO6.000 S07NOPT1 S12416 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE November 7, 2005 he had always been in southern Sudan. their lives in this 21 years of struggle. amendment to create an independent It was a historic moment not that long But the days, weeks, and months ahead commission to investigate the policies ago, cheered by millions and millions do hold great promise not only for the and practices relating to the treatment of Sudanese. north and the south but for the entire of what we have come to call detainees Tragically, 1 month later, on July 30, country. but what are, in fact, prisoners being the helicopter that was carrying Dr. During our meeting this afternoon, I held by the Government. Garang and his passengers crashed, a hope to hear Salva Kiir’s assessment of I am proud to be a cosponsor of that sudden crash. Why it crashed nobody the peace process and his suggestions, important amendment. I urge my col- knows. his counsel, his recommendations on leagues to support it as well. Salva Kiir replaced Dr. Garang as how we in this body and the United Let me say a word, initially, about First Vice President, and he promises States can help. the use of language. We sometimes use to carry forward this peace process, I also hope to discuss the deterio- language without focusing on the im- which is challenging, but it can be ac- rating situation in Sudan’s western re- plications of that language. Unfortu- complished. gion, Darfur. Last week on the floor, I nately, in the case of this discussion, His predecessor had worked very hard summarized again the deterioration of we have fallen into the practice of re- over many years to take that country what is happening in that Darfur re- ferring to these individuals at Guanta- to the point of peace. Under that peace gion. I also had the opportunity to namo and elsewhere as ‘‘detainees.’’ Of agreement, Sudan enters a 6-year in- visit, a little over a year ago, the coun- course, the suggestion that someone is terim period, and 4 years into that, at try west of Darfur, Chad, where there being detained is a lot less onerous or the 4-year mark, nationwide elections are so many refugees today. implies a lot less of a taking of that will be held at the provincial and na- In the past few weeks, we have wit- person’s freedom than the phrase tional levels. The interim period will nessed a serious escalation in violence ‘‘being imprisoned.’’ The truth is, these culminate with a vote by the people in among the Jingaweit militias who are individuals are being imprisoned. southern Sudan to decide their polit- supported by government forces. They The amendment that Senator LEVIN ical future. are ravaging villages, they are rav- has offered would have an independent It is a fragile moment for Sudan, but aging these refugee camps and attack- commission evaluate the current prac- it is one for great hope. ing—and these are the descriptions we tice of indefinitely imprisoning indi- I had gotten involved and worked continue to get—attacking civilians, viduals at Guantanamo without ever very hard with Dr. Garang and other attacking humanitarian groups, and charging them with a crime in either leaders of the SPLA and SPLM. I had attacking the African Union peace- Federal court or under a competent the opportunity to meet with Dr. keeping forces. military tribunal. Garang many times. I was hosted last The recent split among the leader- This commission would then report August at his home in a place called ship of Darfur’s main rebel group fur- back to Congress and give us rec- New Site in southern Sudan, where I ther threatens to undermine the peace ommendations on whether we should spent several days with Dr. Garang and talks that are scheduled to resume in change existing law or change policy his wife. the Nigerian capital on November 21, a on this set of important issues. The This June, not that long ago, I had couple of weeks from now. current practice of holding detainees or the opportunity to host Dr.
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