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On the recordSeptember 21, 2004
I am reminded, when the gentleman talks about the goodness of American GIs, that our country is good, and those GIs are good because they come from families where giving and helping other people is part of their character and part of their values. I myself have a chief of staff who, with another member of the staff, have formed a group called Rescue Task Force, and even shortly after we had taken Iraq, this chief of staff Wendall Cutting, who himself had cancer for a long period of time, moved into Iraq with the help of other international organizations and built medical facilities for the people of Iraq. And when we were operating in Kosovo, and Albania was an area in which we had many refugee camps, Mr. Cutting and another staff member, Gary Becks, were the first people into those refugee camps with 40,000 of what they call 'love boxes' from the people of the United States.
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Andrew P. Hunter
Illinois

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Discussing the humanitarian efforts of American GIs and staff members in Iraq and Kosovo.

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