Tom Lantos: “Mr. Speaker, I want to tell my good friend, the gentleman from…”

On the recordDecember 5, 2001

Mr. Speaker, I want to tell my good friend, the gentleman from California, that there is an enormous difference between targeting innocent civilians and collateral damage. Today, as we speak, American soldiers were killed, killed in Afghanistan by our own forces inadvertently. There is a difference of the whole world between deliberately killing innocent civilians and retaliating, doing one's utmost to avoid killing civilians and, tragically, mistakes occurring. I think this distinction must be made on this floor.

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Discussing the distinction between targeting civilians and collateral damage during a debate.

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Tom Lantos: “Mr. Speaker, I want to tell my good friend, the gentleman from California, that there is an enormous difference between…”

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