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On the recordApril 14, 1999
I want to have an opportunity to let the Senate know I have been trying to work with my friends to get a very straightforward sense of the Senate attached to the Senate bill that would simply say that the armed services would do everything in their power to ensure that where there is a child of a military couple, that the husband and wife are not deployed into a combat zone. This is something that we have done in the past--during the gulf war--after we found out that, indeed, we did have a mom and dad in a combat zone together. I think it is very appropriate, as we give benefits to our brave men and women, that we protect the children at the same time.
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Discussing an amendment related to military deployment and the welfare of children of military couples.

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