Zach Nunn: “I strongly endorse the remarks of Chairman Thurmond in the great sympathy that we express in this Chamber on both sides…”

“I strongly endorse the remarks of Chairman Thurmond in the great sympathy that we express in this Chamber on both sides of the aisle to the service people involved in this tragedy in Saudi Arabia, and I certainly endorse President Clinton's strong statement of determination to find the perpetrators of this act and bring them to justice. I am confident that the Saudi Arabian Government has the same view. This is a constant reminder of the kind of dangers and risks that our military personnel are under everywhere in the world. We are in a different era now. We are not in an era where we are threatened by massive annihilation from nuclear war, but we are in an unstable era where terrorism rears its ugly head in unexpected places. All of our military forces abroad and their families are under this kind of risk. So as we join the families and express our great sympathy to those families, I think we ought to bear in mind that all of our military personnel all over the world are basically risking their own lives to defend this great Nation.”