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On the recordJune 26, 1996
I feel the President of the United States, President Clinton, has addressed thus far this tragedy in Dhahran in an exemplary manner. He has dispatched all known resources in this country to analyze how this could have happened, and I was told by the Department of Defense a short time ago, every possible means of medical care and logistics are en route by air to the scene to help those many, many who are still suffering in the hospital.
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Mark Warner
Democratic · Virginia

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Discussing the U.S. response to the tragedy in Dhahran during a Senate floor speech.

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