Unfortunately. the Pentagon was not willing to give the same treatment to the American families. Mr. Speaker. the Pentagon was wrong not to give our own personnel the same treatment that they gave the survivors of the foreign nationals. The Immigration and Claims Subcommittee held a hearing on this issue on June 18. 1998 and heard from both Government witnesses and the families. At that hearing. the Pentagon was unable to provide a credible answer for why they did not give the Americans the same treatment as the foreign nationals. The Pentagon first could not answer whether they had the authority to make the payments to the Americans.
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