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Bill Urging North Korea to Release American POWs
Posted on November 30, 2011
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U.S. Representative Don Manzullo represents the 16th District of Illinois and he sure represents our POW/MIAs.
Danny "Greasy" Belcher, Executive Director
Executive Director, Task Force Omega of KY Inc.
Vietnam Infantry Sgt. 68-69
"D" Troop 7th Sqdn. 1st Air Cav.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Rich Carter
November 29, 2011 202-225-5676
Manzullo: Asia Subcommittee to Consider Bill Wednesday Urging North Korea to Release POWs
[WASHINGTON] House Foreign Affairs Asia & the Pacific Subcommittee Chairman Don Manzullo (R-IL) will gather the subcommittee Wednesday to vote on a resolution calling for the release of American and South Korean prisoners of war (POW) and civilian abductees still in North Korea decades after the Korean War.
The subcommittee markup will begin at 11:30 am ET Wednesday, Nov. 30, in Room 2226 of the Rayburn House Office Building and will be WEBCAST live on the Committee website at http://www.hcfa.house.gov.
The resolution, H.Res. 376, recognizes there are American and South Korean POWs and civilian abductees from the Korean War who are still alive in North Korea and want to be repatriated. The legislation:
calls on North Korea to release the POWs and civilian abductees.
urges the U.S. government to resume search and recovery operations in North Korea for the remains of American POWs.
recommends that the United States and South Korea jointly investigate reports of sightings of American POWs/MIAs (missing in action).
calls on North Korea to admit to the abduction of more than 100,000 South Korean civilians and reveal their status, and agree to family reunions and repatriation of the abductees.
“The U.S. Defense Prisoner of War and Missing Personnel Office classifies more than 8,000 U.S. service members as either prisoners of war or missing in action from the Korean War. In addition, more than 170,000 South Korean civilians and military personnel are also unaccounted for in North Korea,” Manzullo said. “We have not forgotten about these brave Americans and South Koreans, and we strongly urge North Korea to let them come home to their families.”
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