John Kerry: “I think one of the most important things here is to have accuracy in the representations. In point of fact, the Senator…”

“I think one of the most important things here is to have accuracy in the representations. In point of fact, the Senator has not accurately represented documents that we have received. He said that we ought to listen to Senator Bob Kerrey on the subject of human rights. I agree. Bob Kerrey is an original cosponsor of this amendment. He is a Medal of Honor winner, Vietnam veteran, and he believes we ought to proceed forward here. Bob Kerrey has advocated human rights in Vietnam. He believes we will do more for human rights by going in there and being able to assert ourselves and press the issue of democratization and freedom, which we do not do very effectively now. Let me point to corrections in the Record. I was on the trip where he relates the Vietnamese said no information is available and they somehow lied. They said they did not have the information available at that time to get their hands on while we were there, but they were going to begin a process of reaching out to their tradition houses, archives, and their military personnel and get that information in. That is precisely what has been happening.”