H5494 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE September 11, 2013 somehow, between Russia, Syria and earned their first NCAA Super Six Na- Actually, within about 4 months of the , we can find common tional Championship. going into Afghanistan, with less than ground where Assad will not have his I’m very proud of our Lady Gators, as 500 special ops and intelligence individ- weapons of mass destruction and will they proved that hard work, tireless uals, the Taliban was defeated. And be put under international control. dedication and passion lead to great then came our mistake, where we But if this is possible, I believe it was things. I know that, under the direc- added tens of thousands of American only possible because there is a cred- tion of Coach Faehn, many of these troops and allied troops and we became ible threat of U.S. military might, and young ladies will represent not just the occupiers instead of those that de- that causes the equation of both the Gator Nation, but our Nation, the feated the Taliban, and left the coun- Russians and the Syrians to think United States of America, in the next try back in the hands of those who about the United States. Olympics. should have had it. And that’s why I believe so strongly Ladies, I commend you for your ex- But 9/11 should truly evoke the emo- that if this falls apart, we need to ceptional work ethic, your talent and tions that we had that day, as people strike in Syria to let Assad know that drive in achieving this title. Congratu- were trapped 1,000 feet or so above the it is unacceptable to gas the civilian lations, ladies. street surface and had to make a deci- population. It is indeed a war crime. And as we like to say back home in sion, do I want to burn up in a horrible Many of us today watched pictures of Gainesville, it’s great to be a Florida burning death, or do I jump to my children foaming at the mouth and Gator and part of the Gator Nation. death? dying and shaking, and it’s just some- f I think most all of us resolved that thing that will live with me for the day, including those of us who were not TODAY IS A DAY OF rest of my life. in Congress, that it should be our job, REMEMBRANCE So I think what the President’s pro- as a Nation, to ensure that Americans posing is balanced; it’s moderate. I will The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. were never put to a choice like that vote ‘‘yes,’’ and I urge my colleagues to VALADAO). Under the Speaker’s an- again, ever. do the same. nounced policy of January 3, 2013, the Actions we knew had to be taken, f gentleman from Texas (Mr. GOHMERT) and authorization of use of military is recognized for 60 minutes as the des- force was passed. In the haste to get it THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DEMAND ignee of the majority leader. passed to give the President authority JUSTICE Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, this is to go forward, it had far too much (Mr. DESANTIS asked and was given a day of remembrance. It is a solemn flexibility. So we have been able suc- permission to address the House for 1 day. It is a day that brings back tragic cessfully to rein some of that in in the minute and to revise and extend his re- memories for all of us. And then, in past months. More work has to be marks.) some ways, it brings great hope. done. Mr. DESANTIS. Mr. Speaker, the at- We all remember where we were on But in the Middle East, the question tacks of September 11, 2001, caused 9/11/2001. And I know there are some is coming up in the last few days from many Americans to appreciate the dan- that say, I just can’t take seeing what leaders over there who did not wish to ger posed by Islamic-inspired ter- happened that day; I don’t want to see be identified publicly, but the ques- rorism. Following September 11, 2001, any more video. And I would only sub- tions were asked: Americans from all walks of life re- mit, it is important not to forget. Do the people in your government solved that we would bring swift and To fly planes into buildings, use not understand that on 9/11 you had harsh justice to America’s enemies. them as bombs, is an act of war, just as radical Islamists, Muslim Brotherhood The routing of al Qaeda and the dropping bombs in Pearl Harbor was an people, al Qaeda, trained by the Taliban following 9/11 showed that ter- act of war. Even though there were no Taliban, but Muslim Brotherhood at rorists and those who harbor them boots on the ground at Pearl Harbor, the core, that attacked you? would pay a steep price for their barba- even though there were no boots on the And you went to war, you said, rism. Even when some targets, such as ground in New York City or Wash- against al Qaeda, the Taliban, and that , remained illusive, ington, D.C., using bombs, whether the Muslim Brotherhood supports America continued to press forward pa- planes or missiles are personally set, them. And you’re at war with them. tiently until we finally exacted justice. they’re acts of war. And then do you not remember that On September 11, 2012, 1 year ago I wasn’t aware until this past week- that’s who you’ve been at war with? today, four of our fellow citizens, in- end that there’s only been one time And this administration, the Obama cluding our Ambassador to Libya, were when article 5 of our NATO alliance administration, has said they’re not massacred by Islamic terrorists in has been triggered. That article of the engaged in a war on terror. They’re Benghazi. The targeting of a diplomat NATO alliance is a mandatory require- only at war with al Qaeda. And they breached recognized standards of civ- ment, and it requires that when any mistakenly thought al Qaeda was on ilized behavior that stretch back cen- signatory to NATO, any member of the run. Well, if they were on the run, turies. NATO is attacked in an act of war, it was a run toward killing more peo- And yet, one year later, justice has then all other members of NATO must ple. not been brought to our enemies in take it as if they’ve been attacked in And these leaders in the Middle East Benghazi. Have we lost our resolve? an act of war and go to war against have asked: If you could remember Our enemies hide in plain sight, whoever attacked one of the NATO that, then why did you come into speaking with journalists and boasting members. Egypt and demand the ouster of your of their crimes. The victims of the The only time that’s been triggered ally, with whom you had agreements, Benghazi attack deserve justice. The was 9/11 of 2001 when the United States with whom you were working, with American people demand justice. was attacked. Because of the treaty, whom you were making sure, as best f it’s not a voluntary act on behalf of the that you could, and the Egyptian lead- member states of NATO. It doesn’t re- er Mubarak could, that he would try to CONGRATULATIONS TO THE UNI- quire the request of the attacked coun- maintain as much peace with Israel as VERSITY OF FLORIDA WOMEN’S try. possible? GYMNASTICS TEAM But it had gone without my notice, So you had all these agreements with (Mr. YOHO asked and was given per- but the countries that were part of him, just like you do with us. mission to address the House for 1 NATO immediately, that day, 9/11/2001, And then Qadhafi was a bad man. But minute and to revise and extend his re- were instantly at war with whatever after 2003, when you invaded Iraq, it marks.) country attacked us. The problem was scared him so badly that he became Mr. YOHO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today we didn’t know who attacked us; and, your ally. You had many agreements to honor my alma mater, the great as a result, it did end up eventually with him, he and family members, par- University of Florida, and our incred- causing other countries to go with us ticularly family members. I remember ible women’s gymnastic team, who into Afghanistan and Iraq. meeting his son here, who said he was

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And as some in the Middle East have tional security interest, just as our But I know enough SEALs, former and pointed out, he was doing everything Secretary of Defense Bob Gates said be- present, to know that those two former he could to provide you information fore the administration bombed Qa- Navy SEALs did not die seeking cover. with who the terrorists were. He was dhafi, destroyed his air force, and made I knew it instantly when I read that. your partner. You had agreements with it possible for the rebels, including all What an outrage. him. You had signed agreements, the al Qaeda that were immersed with- When I was in the Army at Fort verbal agreements. He was your part- in them, to take over Libya; and that Benning, we were not at war. We ner, and you turned on him. ultimately led to a year ago, when our should have gone to war with Iran over And even Assad, as bad a guy as most Ambassador, Sean Smith, Ty Woods, the attack, the act of war in 1979 people knew he was and is, you had and Glen Doherty were killed and oth- against our Embassy. And I think if we Secretary Clinton out there saying, oh, ers wounded. had demanded their return within 48 Assad’s a reformer. He’s going to be Bad decisions have consequences. hours or it would be the entire hell okay. Most everyone is familiar with the old that America could bring to bear would But we have watched you, with the adage that those who refuse to learn come down on Iran if one hostage was harmed, and I always felt during those Northern Alliance, with Mubarak, with from history are destined to repeat it. first few days when they kept saying Qadhafi, with all of these people who The trouble is you cannot learn from the students had these hostages, that if were your friends, your allies with history until you learn what the his- we had had a backbone and made a de- whom you had agreements, and you tory was. So when some may be tempt- mand and been willing to back it up, tossed them aside and ran them out of ed to ask what difference it makes with they would have released them. And if office, only to give control to the Mus- what happened at Benghazi a year ago, they had not and we had shown them lim Brotherhood. it makes a difference in avoiding re- we were not a paper tiger or a toothless We do not understand what you’re peating history because we could not tiger, that we would not have lost the doing; and privately we ask among our- learn from history because the admin- thousands and thousands of Americans selves here in the Middle East, Which istration was hiding the truth. we have since. And it would not have one of us, your allies, will you turn I have come to meet and know sur- viving family members of those we lost been able to be used as a recruiting against next? tool to recruit radical Islamists by Which one of us will you decide is a in Benghazi. They feel like the blood of their loved ones should be enough to telling them, look at what they did in throwaway, you don’t need us any- Tehran. They fled Vietnam. The next require truth. They would like to think more? incident is 1979. They did nothing. if there was anything accomplished by We’re concerned, but we don’t want They were totally helpless, begging us the loss of their loved one, it could be to tell people because we don’t want to let their people go. That’s all they that we could learn our lessons to be them to take that as a sign they need would do. to be coming after us and us be the sure it didn’t happen again. There was a failed rescue attempt, Unfortunately, after two U.S. Embas- ones they discard next. which I would submit failed because of sies were attacked and people died in That’s no way to have an inter- the leadership at the White House and the late 1990s during the Clinton ad- national policy. It’s no way to be the the restraints that were put on them ministration, the truth was not effec- greatest peacemaker in the world, from the beginning. But there is a price when your allies worry because they’ve tively and completely learned, and we when proper decisions are not made. seen you completely disregard signed didn’t learn properly from those les- And that weighs heavy on any Presi- agreements, verbal agreements, pats on sons. So we have to learn another les- dent. I know it weighs heavy on Presi- the back. son at Benghazi, which was a year ago dent Obama. But, for heaven’s sake, we I mean, you know, when you see the today. But we can’t learn a lesson when have got to learn. It’s been 12 years. A videos of our great Secretary of State we don’t know what the truth is. year ago, when it was just 11 years, our Kerry sitting with Assad, having lavish And it scares our allies. They don’t lessons had not been learned. And so meals and meetings and then all of a know if they can trust us. Members of more Americans die in Libya. sudden he’s such a horrendous ogre Congress can be a big help in letting al- I know that people in this adminis- that you’ve got to hurt him somehow. lies know that, hey, we appreciate the tration mean that they have love and And this stuff about America is the peace you’re trying to bring. We appre- respect and admiration for those who only one that can effectively hit Syria, ciate what you’re trying to do. Let us were killed in Benghazi; but I would so we have to be the ones. Why know if there’s something we need to humbly submit that love, respect, and wouldn’t it be someone who is in take up, hearings we need to have in admiration that leads to lies and cover- harm’s way who actually could perhaps Congress, an appropriation we need to ups are not actually love, respect, and put boots on the ground, go in and de- get rid of because it’s doing more harm admiration. It is the lowest form of stroy chemical weapons? than good. Let us know. It’s a wonder- contempt. These heroes deserve better. ful thing to have working relationships One of the greatest speeches I ever b 1515 with people on the other side of the heard was by a man named Barack For heaven’s sake, to see Vladimir world that are in the hotspots. Obama. I heard the speech. It touched Putin end up playing the high card, I continue to communicate with Ty me deeply. We shouldn’t be a red State being the diplomat was incredible. It Woods’ widow. Ty and Dorothy have a or a blue State. We shouldn’t be black should have been the U.S. administra- young son. She said he’s got so much of or white. We should be Americans. And tion that said that we’re going to do, Ty in him that he’s more than a hand- I want so desperately for this country actually, what George W. Bush did be- ful. Because that’s an American hero. to come together in that way, and I fore the . He tried every diplo- Ty and Glen were two men who heard know it can happen, because I saw it matic approach he could. He went to that our people were under attack; and happen on September 12, 2001. the U.N. repeatedly. They got resolu- rather than go on planning for a cam- I was a judge at the time, and I tions passed ordering Iraq to open up paign trip the next day or sitting down watched as hundreds of people came their weapons systems, ordering Iraq and having meals with others, casually into our town square, as they did all to do the right things, which they re- going through conversations, whatever over the country. America came to- fused to do. The first reaction of the is done, that’s not what these two gether. There was no red America, blue much-maligned George W. Bush admin- former SEALs did. We knew there were America. There was not a single hy- istration was to go to the U.N., get two former Navy SEALs, but it’s out- phenated America in this country on 9/

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We that decided where the weapons would were not getting truth, privately—they were Americans standing together. But go. And those did not go to people who couldn’t say it publicly, but privately you can’t have trust, you can’t stand had any abiding love or even patience there were college students that point- together when you know someone next with Christians, as we have seen as ed this out, We really do admire the to you is not being truthful. They are Christians have been decapitated, way you bring out truth. And your own being deceptive. They are covering up. killed, maimed in horrendous ways in government’s embarrassed, but some- So it’s heartbreaking that this arti- Syria by those this administration how you manage to keep going on be- cle today from CBS Interactive, Inc., would have been supporting had we cause you deal with truth. says: bombed Assad. This is all tragic. We One, in particular, said, I am con- One year after the September 11, 2012, ter- need to learn from history, but we’ve cerned about my country because we rorist attacks on Americans in Benghazi, got to know the truth to do that. don’t get the truth. Libya, no arrests have been reported but the I love DARRELL ISSA, but the quote Standing and looking at an exhibit in Justice Department says investigators have should not be that if the information is Moscow with a couple of Russian col- made very significant process. not forthcoming, as he says, ‘‘I will lege students, I was amazed. One of On down, it says: have no alternative but to consider the them pointed to Gagarin. And I said, Last month, government officials con- use of compulsory process.’’ In the wow, Gagarin, the world’s first man in firmed that sealed criminal charges have name of Chris Stevens, Sean Smith, Ty space. There was an account that he been filed against suspects. They’re said to Woods, and Glen Doherty, it should not had been killed during test piloting a include Ahmed Khattala, who gave inter- be considered; it should be done. There jet in the Soviet Union. I was surprised views in Benghazi with several news organi- should be a select committee to get to that the two Russian college students zations, admitting he was at the scene of the would say, Yeah, we know that didn’t attacks but insisting he was not the ring- the truth. We should use all compul- leader. Khattala also said nobody from the sory methods at our fingertips, includ- happen. U.S. Government had attempted to question ing cutting off funding to any Federal I said, You don’t believe what your him. agency that refuses to comply with government is telling you? On further, it says: proper oversight by Congress, because And he said, No, our government fre- quently does not tell us the truth. The Obama administration continues to a Constitution that can be nullified by keep a great deal of information under one of the three branches is a worthless Well, I didn’t know if Gagarin was wraps, citing an ongoing investigation, na- Constitution. And if Congress cannot killed testing a jet plane or not, but I tional security, and other reasons. The se- do meaningful oversight and examine was struck by the fact that these Sovi- crecy is an ongoing point of contention with what the money we are appropriating ets, college students, knew that their Republicans in Congress. is going for, then that money should government lied to them routinely. The article goes on to say: not continue to be appropriated to any- And they said, You seem to get to the Tuesday, the House Oversight Committee one who will not allow knowledge of truth in your country—it has taken a sent a letter to Secretary of State John how it’s being spent and if it is being while with Watergate, but you seem to Kerry, demanding the Benghazi survivors be misused. keep working toward the truth, and we made available for interviews with Congress This has to stop. On 9/12/01, as a dis- don’t do that here. We just have to ac- or else they may be subpoenaed. According trict judge in Texas, I was so heartened cept what we’re told. to the letter, the State Department told that on 9/12 we came together. On the I believe the expression was ‘‘there’s Congress on August 23 that it was not pre- congressional delegation trip last week nothing to be done.’’ pared to support the request for transcribed Well, in America, there is something interviews. If that doesn’t change within 2 in the Middle East, two Democrats I weeks, Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, don’t agree much with politically, but to be done. We have got to get to the Republican of California, said, I will have no I got to know them a lot better, and I truth. We owe it to the heroes that alternative but to consider the use of com- care deeply about them. They are very, have given their last full measure of pulsory process. very good people. We have the same de- devotion for this country. We owe it to The FBI, CIA, Director of National Intel- sire for this country’s freedom, liberty, those who have put their lives on the ligence, Defense Department, State Depart- peace, longevity of life—different ideas line. ment, National Security Agency, have all re- of how to get there. That means getting to the bottom of jected or failed to answer multiple Freedom the rule of engagement for our military of Information requests made by CBS News, I’ve been encouraged over the last as well as appeals of the denials. The agency week because of the way we can talk as well so that we don’t have situations cites exemptions related to ongoing inves- honestly, without impugning anyone’s as we just read about this summer, a tigations of national security. motives, and try to work toward an- lieutenant—obviously very young—in There’s an article today by John Sex- swers. That’s what I saw on 9/12, people charge of a roadblock at a security ton from Breitbart, saying: wanting to work together. But I keep checkpoint. From the account—and I do want to do further investigation to It’s been nearly a year since the attack coming back to this fact that people in which killed four Americans in Benghazi. this administration need to under- get to the bottom of it—when waving, During that time, various minute-by-minute stand, and our own Republican leader- trying to get the attention of three accounts of the attack have been published. ship needs to understand: we have got people on motorcycles to slow down, to In addition, the administration’s decisions to to get to the bottom of these matters; stop for the security—they were going refuse additional security requests and to re- we have got to get the truth. fast, with no indication of slowing vise its talking points after the attack have Jesus said, ‘‘You will know the truth, down—the lieutenant ordered shots be been examined in detail. and the truth shall set you free.’’ He fired above their head. They didn’t Further down, it says: was talking about a particular truth. slow down. Knowing there had been The general outlines of the CIA effort have But sometimes the truth comes out people killed, Americans killed by so been reported. One fact which has not been and it hurts the person that was seek- many green-on-blue attacks, knowing highlighted is that the U.N. arms embargo of ing the truth or the people who were that his men were at risk if they had a Libya, which the United States helped pass seeking the truth. And I would humbly bomb, he finally ordered his men to in 2011, makes shipping weapons in or out of fire on the motorcycle riders; two died, the country of Libya a violation of inter- submit, here it doesn’t matter. We just national law. Indeed, the way the U.N. reso- need the truth. one lived. That lieutenant is now re- lution is written, even knowingly allowing One of the things that people around ported to be doing 20 years in Leaven- such shipments to take place may be a viola- the world, as I’ve talked to people worth. That’s just wrong. That’s just tion of the agreement. around the world, even going back to wrong.

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It’s time that marines—and they tell me privately, ask for it in my name, it will be the blood of those who have paid the Look, we have a hard time deciding, do given.’’ Being prevented—as the First ultimate sacrifice was honored with I want to risk just letting someone kill Amendment said the Federal Govern- the truth. me or going to prison when I get home? ment should never do—from freely ex- I hope and pray in the days ahead we I kind of think I’d rather die as a hero ercising his religious beliefs, and then will have the resolve, as Members of and have an NAS burial than to be an compounding the problem by bringing Congress across the aisle, to stand firm embarrassment to my family by going an imam in Afghanistan to stand and and say, Give us the truth. We don’t to Leavenworth when I get back to the give a Muslim prayer over our SEALs care who is made to look bad, Repub- U.S. that includes basically the words that, lican or Democrat, let the chips fall We owe the 9/11 victims, the 9/11 sur- in the name of Allah, the merciful for- where they may. The blood of our de- vivors, the Benghazi victims, the Af- giver, the companions of hell, where voted, life-giving patriots cries out for ghanistan soldiers, sailors, and marines the sinners and infidels are fodder for truth. Let’s finally get to it. that we have lost, we owe those who hellfire, are not equal with the com- With that, Mr. Speaker, I yield back died in Afghanistan and Iraq, we owe panions of Heaven. The Muslim com- the balance of my time. them the truth. We owe them good panions of Heaven are always the win- f rules of engagement so their lives are ners. We let an imam speak in his lan- b 1545 not needlessly put in jeopardy because guage, say words that, when examined, of political gamesmanship. appear to be gloating over the dead LOW-WAGE WORKERS We are owed the truth. And when Navy SEALs that should have never The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. COL- Ambassador Chris Stevens’ last words been allowed to take off in that chop- LINS of New York). Under the Speaker’s to his State Department colleague and per, that should never have been al- announced policy of January 3, 2013, friend, Greg Hicks, were, ‘‘Greg, we’re lowed to stay on after the Afghans the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. under attack,’’ everything should have pulled out the Afghan soldiers on the POCAN) is recognized for 60 minutes as stopped. The personal, hand-picked manifest and put other Afghan soldiers the designee of the minority leader. representative of the United States on that apparently were disposable to Mr. POCAN. Mr. Speaker, on behalf President was under attack. Every- them. It should have stopped there. of the Progressive Caucus, I am here to thing should have stopped. I really There were so many places it should present a conversation that we would think if it had and this administration have stopped. But we can’t get all the like to share with the American public, had done everything they could to get answers about that, how it came about, which is the plight of low-wage work- help to these people, this President why our best and brightest were put in ers. would have won in a huge landslide be- harm’s way. We can’t really get to the The Progressive Caucus here in Con- cause he stood up for people, our Amer- truth as to why a good man—I’ve spo- gress has worked on this issue for icans who were in harm’s way. ken with him personally, privately; I many years. This last month, when A year later, we don’t even know like him very much—Leon Panetta, Members went home and worked in the what he was doing. We don’t know why he would tell people who did not district for the month, we joined many what the Secretary of State was doing. have security clearances that it was of these low-wage workers in a day of We can’t talk to the CIA agents, and SEAL Team Six that took out Osama strike as a way to present their case to they keep getting polygraphed every 30 bin Laden; why JOE BIDEN, as Vice the American people. days to make sure nobody’s leaking President, I know he meant no harm to Too many people are paid too little any information to Congress because our SEAL Team Six, but when he outs for the work they do. That harms fami- apparently that would be embar- a SEAL team as the one that took out lies in this country; that depresses the rassing. Osama bin Laden. And as one SEAL economy in this country; and that I mentioned to some people earlier called his mother and said, Mom, makes more people have to go to gov- today about the doctrine of spoliation. you’ve got to get my name off all of ernment assistance because they’re It’s a legal doctrine that applies in our family stuff online; we’ve been simply not paid enough for the work courts of law. And whether in a court outed. One parent said his daughter-in- that they’re doing. of law or in the court of public opinion, law looked out the window right after We all know that economy has had a credibility always matters. Vice President BIDEN outed his SEAL lot of tough times in the last several We have seen, this week, a briefing team took out Osama bin Laden, the years, but things are getting better. by people who may well have gotten Marines had provided her a guard be- The problem is they are only getting their talking points from the same per- cause they knew what it meant. It better for some. son or persons who altered the talking meant this administration had exposed We know that corporate profits have points a year ago, falsified them, and our valiant fighting forces, our SEALs, continued to break records, while handed them to what I believe was an to danger they should never have been Americans are working harder and get- innocent Susan Rice and sent her out in. ting paid less. We know that the stock to unknowingly be a dupe to spread This is a day of remembrance, but if markets are close to all time highs and things that weren’t true about a video it is not used to get to the bottom of corporate profits are booming. The $200 when it wasn’t true at all. How do we what happened a year ago and what has billion-a-year fast food industry is know what we get in a classified brief- happened in the 12 intervening years doing extremely well in this country, ing if we don’t know who it was that since then, find out where we’ve made and our workers are more than pulling made true intelligence into lying intel- our mistakes so that we can correct their weight to help in these successes. ligence a year ago? We need to know so them so that we do not have more Bos- Over the past 30 years, the produc- we know we can have more faith in ton bombings or attempts like we had tivity of the American worker has in- what Susan Rice, John Kerry, Sec- in Times Square—thank God for local creased 85 percent, however, the sala- retary Hagel, General Dempsey, in the police and people paying attention ries that they get paid simply haven’t things they’re saying. Where did your there. And thank goodness for a sweaty kept up in pace. information come from? Is it somebody rear end of a bomber that was prepared Mr. Speaker, why is the economy that created some of the lies we got in to take out a plane and was attempting stuck? Why aren’t these people making the past or is this a totally truthful to do so on Christmas. more money? Why is it that while so source? It matters. It matters. The Divine Providence, as our Found- many who are in the top 1 percent, the It matters when we have Christian ers and George Washington so often re- top 10 percent, are doing extremely Navy SEALs killed in Afghanistan and ferred to as God’s overseeing, will not well, somehow those financial returns American flag-draped coffins are mixed protect us forever when we will not haven’t trickled down to the rest of the with Afghan flag-draped coffins. And protect ourselves. God is good all the economy? an American chaplain is not even al- time. All the time God is good. But it’s We know the incomes of the top 1 lowed to pray in Jesus’ name, even time to be better friends to our friends. percent have grown by more than 31

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