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On the recordMay 4, 1999
Sergeant Ramirez and Sergeant Stone and Specialist Gonzales are soon to be home with their families due to the hard work and effort of Reverend Jesse Jackson. He worked very hard. He was constant in his pursuit of negotiations to achieve this mission. There were peaks, and there were valleys. I know, because I was there with him. Reverend Jackson did it in Iraq and Kuwait. He did it before in Cuba with hostages. He did it before and was successful in Syria with Robert Goodman. And he did it again in Yugoslavia. Reverend Jesse Jackson is four for four, and Jesse Jackson is the man.
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Rod Blagojevich
Illinois

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Praising Reverend Jesse Jackson's efforts in negotiating the release of hostages.

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