On the recordJuly 31, 1995
the gentleman mentioned our ability to project power off aircraft carriers. I was reminded again, as we all were who watched CNN and read the front page of the newspapers, of American, I believe it was A-7 aircraft that were shot down by Syrian gunners. I believe they were using the same Russian-made surface-to-air missiles that are proliferated throughout the world. That was the pilot that, I believe, Jesse Jackson went over and rescued amid enormous publicity and self-promotion by Syria. The gentleman has made his point, but the point has really been validated every time we have had to send conventional aircraft into areas that maintain these surface-to-air missile sites. We have been shot down.
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