Language was also included in the agriculture section that will provide for more recent agricultural disasters in various parts of the United States. Mr. President. in the defense chapter $750 million is included for the costs of Operation Restore Hope in Somalia. $100 million is for the costs of Operations Southern Watch and Provide Comfort in Iraq. $295 million for the medical care program for military personnel and their families. $71 million to repair flood damage at Marine Corps installations in California. $10 million to establish the National Security Education Trust Fund. and $23 million to continue humanitarian assistance efforts aiding the Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq. as provided in the Sonate version of the bill. In the summer of 1991 the United States undertook a relief effort. Operation Provide Comfort. which has saved the lives of thousands of panicstricken and starving Kurdish refugees who had been driven from their homes into the Turkish mountains by the brutal attacks of Saddam Husseins forces. These additional funds are needed to establish a food. fuel. clothing. and medical program sufficient to carry that population into the winter of 1993. Mr.
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