Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution (H. Res. 376) calling for the repatriation of POW/ MIAs and abductees from the Korean War, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the resolution. The text of the resolution is as follows: H. Res. 376 Whereas 61 years have passed since communist North Korea invaded the Republic of Korea, thereby initiating the Korean War on June 25, 1950; Whereas during the Korean War, nearly 1.8 million members of the United States Armed Forces served in theater along with the forces of the Republic of Korea and 20 other Allied nations under the United Nations Command to defend freedom and democracy in the Korean Peninsula; Whereas 58 years have passed after the signing of the ceasefire agreement at Panmunjom on July 27, 1953, and the peninsula still technically remains in a state of war; Whereas talks for a peace treaty began on July 10, 1951, but were prolonged for two years due to disagreement between the United Nations and North Korea regarding the repatriation of prisoners of war (POWs); Whereas the repatriation of Korean War POWs did not begin until September 4, 1953, at Freedom Village, Panmunjom; Whereas the majority of surviving United Nations POWs were repatriated or turned over to the Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission in accordance with Section 3 of the Armistice Agreement, but the United Nations Command noted a significant discrepancy between the Command's estimate of POWs and the number given by North Kor…”