REP. MCGOVERN ISSUES STATEMENT ON FISCAL 2009 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS ACT - RESTORE PUBLIC ACCESS TO WHINSEC NAMES
May 22, 2008
May 22, 2008
WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Rep. James P. McGovern, D-Mass. (3rd CD), issued the following speech:
Let me begin by thanking Chairman Skelton for his generosity and support of this amendment.
Mr. Chairman, this amendment is quite simple. For over forty years, the names of graduates and instructors at the former U.S. Army School of the Americas and now the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation were available to the public. All that was required was a phone c . . .
Let me begin by thanking Chairman Skelton for his generosity and support of this amendment.
Mr. Chairman, this amendment is quite simple. For over forty years, the names of graduates and instructors at the former U.S. Army School of the Americas and now the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation were available to the public. All that was required was a phone c . . .