Mr. Speaker. I rise today to inform my colleagues that the NonCommissioned Officers Association of Americaan organization chartered by the U.S. CongressIs a strong supporter of my bill to stop our ludicrous policy of admitting former Iraqi soldiers as refugees. Some 1.000 former Iraqi prisoners of war. along with their families. have already been resettled In the United States. and another 3.000 of these soldiers are In the pipeline. Mr. Speaker. at a time when many Americans. including many veterans. are facing an uncertain future because of the limping national economy. these Iraqi soldierswho took up arms against American men and women serving In Operation Desert Stormare eligible for a full range of Federal benefits.
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