Speech #1020066593

Let us not forget the effects of our policy of quadrupling the size of the Salvadoran military and turning a blind eye to corruption and atrocity after atrocity: Over 70.000 dead. the vast majority of whom were civilians who died at the hands of the military and their death squads. Another 7.500 disappeared and are presumed dead. A million refugees. many of them now living in poverty of the United States. Mr. President. we cannot pass a law to end the war in El Salvador any more than we can pass a law to end wars anywhere in the world.