John Glenn: “Mr. President, this is obviously a very emotional issue with a lot of people, and we come to this debate with a lot of…”

“Mr. President, this is obviously a very emotional issue with a lot of people, and we come to this debate with a lot of people having feelings that go back many years and with friends left behind in Vietnam. It brings back recollections of other wars where people were left behind, also. The question is, at this point, how do we truly get the best answers for the families? How do we give them the best peace of mind, to know that everything is possibly being done that possibly can be done to account for their loved ones? How do we get answers for the families? How do we get answers for the veterans organization, such as AMVETS; VFW, Vietnam Vets, the National League of Families, and others? How do we guarantee the best chance of getting those answers? I will go beyond that. How do you get answers for me? I do not take second place to anybody in being interested in knowing what happened to our people and knowing whether we have done everything we possibly could do to make sure that unaccounted for becomes accounted for, whatever that accounting may show. How do we get it for Senator Kerry. He has no less interest in this than anybody else and takes second place to nobody on that. He was in that war. Senator McCain was in that war. How do we get a good accounting? Nobody, least of all those who have been in battle, wants to abandon hope for those who did not come back.”