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Charles Skelton: “Missourian Mark Twain once said that a person should live so that if someone says something bad about him, no one would…”

On the recordNovember 13, 1997
Missourian Mark Twain once said that a person should live so that if someone says something bad about him, no one would believe it. That is the way I think the U.S. Marine Corps finds themselves today. I do not think anyone can say anything bad about the Marine Corps that would be believed. It is an honorable, wonderful part of our national defense. But I think we should pause and take a deep breath on this matter, Mr. Speaker, and I am sure that this resolution will pass, but let us take a quick gander at the letter that Sara E. Lister, assistant secretary of the Army for manpower and reserve affairs, wrote to General C.C. Krulak, the Commandant of the Marine Corps. This is a letter of apology, and I will put it in toto in the Record, but let me read it and share with this body some words therefrom.
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Charles Skelton
Democratic · New Jersey
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Addressing a letter of apology from an Army official to the Marine Corps.

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