Bill Text: FL H0047 | 2012 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: War on Terror
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-09 - Died on Calendar [H0047 Detail]
Download: Florida-2012-H0047-Comm_Sub.html
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2 | A memorial to the Congress of the United States |
3 | recognizing the death of Osama bin Laden as a positive |
4 | step forward in the war on terrorism and declaring a |
5 | continuing unity of commitment against terrorism, its |
6 | crimes against humanity, and al-Qaeda. |
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8 | WHEREAS, the actions taken by Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda |
9 | and its networks targeting innocent civilians, including women |
10 | and children, are repugnant, and |
11 | WHEREAS, Osama bin Laden was the mastermind of the |
12 | September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States of America, |
13 | which murdered 2,977 citizens, and |
14 | WHEREAS, Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda were responsible for |
15 | other terrorist attacks against the United States of America, |
16 | including bombing American embassies in Tanzania and Kenya and |
17 | attacking the U.S.S. Cole, and |
18 | WHEREAS, a collective effort between President George W. |
19 | Bush and President Barack Obama, along with the hard work of |
20 | intelligence organizations and the men and women of the Armed |
21 | Forces, resulted in locating Osama bin Laden, and |
22 | WHEREAS, President Barack Obama took immediate action upon |
23 | learning of the location of Osama bin Laden, and |
24 | WHEREAS, while resisting capture, Osama bin Laden was |
25 | killed on May 1, 2011, by operatives of the Central Intelligence |
26 | Agency and Navy Seals, and |
27 | WHEREAS, Osama bin Laden's death provides some degree of |
28 | closure as it relates to September 11, 2001, NOW, THEREFORE, |
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30 | Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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32 | That we recognize the death of Osama bin Laden as a |
33 | positive step forward in the war on terrorism and declare a |
34 | continuing unity of commitment with other states and nations |
35 | against terrorism, its crimes against humanity, and al-Qaeda. |
36 | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be |
37 | dispatched to the President of the United States, to the |
38 | President of the United States Senate, to the Speaker of the |
39 | United States House of Representatives, and to each member of |
40 | the Florida delegation to the United States Congress. |
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