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Jasper Packard: “I am personally incensed at these comments. My father was a civilian and fought with the Marines on Wake Island and…”

On the recordNovember 13, 1997
I am personally incensed at these comments. My father was a civilian and fought with the Marines on Wake Island and spent 4 and a half years in a Japanese prison camp with those Marines. I represent the largest Marine base in the United States, Camp Pendleton. It is in the heart of my district. Fifty-five thousand Marines are incensed at what this lady has said. Calling them dangerous, calling them extremists. That is unconscionable, Mr. Speaker, and she should be relieved of her responsibilities immediately.
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Jasper Packard
Republican · Indiana
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Addressing comments made about Marines during a floor speech.

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