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SCR8: urging the United States Department of Defense to restore the designations of Prisoner of War and Missing in Action to those servicemen and servicewomen who are missing in operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Citation: 2008 SCR8

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House status: Passed/Adopted
Senate status: Passed/Adopted
Committee: HOUSE State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
Hearing: 03/26/2008 at 10:30 AM
Selected version: Current official bill text

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State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs

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SCR 8 – FINAL VERSION

2008 SESSION

08-2757

09/04

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 8

A RESOLUTION urging the United States Department of Defense to restore the designations of Prisoner of War and Missing in Action to those servicemen and servicewomen who are missing in operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.

SPONSORS: Sen. Barnes, Dist 17; Sen. Burling, Dist 5; Sen. Cilley, Dist 6; Sen. Clegg, Dist 14; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Downing, Dist 22; Sen. Estabrook, Dist 21; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 24; Sen. Gallus, Dist 1; Sen. Gatsas, Dist 16; Sen. Gottesman, Dist 12; Sen. Hassan, Dist 23; Sen. Janeway, Dist 7; Sen. Kelly, Dist 10; Sen. Kenney, Dist 3; Sen. Larsen, Dist 15; Sen. Letourneau, Dist 19; Sen. Reynolds, Dist 2; Sen. Roberge, Dist 9; Sen. Odell, Dist 8

COMMITTEE: Election Law and Internal Affairs

ANALYSIS

This senate concurrent resolution urges the United States Department of Defense to restore the designations of Prisoner of War and Missing in Action to those servicemen and servicewomen who are missing in operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.

08-2757

09/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight

Whereas, the citizens of New Hampshire have had a strong tradition of supporting all servicemen and servicewomen who are prisoners of war or are missing in action; and

Whereas, the United States of America is not currently at war with the nations of Afghanistan or Iraq; and

Whereas, the United States Department of Defense has chosen not to designate those servicemen and servicewomen who go missing in operations in Afghanistan or Iraq as Prisoners of War or Missing in Action, instead using terms including, “Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown” and “Missing-Captured;” and

Whereas, those servicemen and servicewomen engaged in operations in Afghanistan and Iraq are participants in the larger war on terrorism, showing a incomparable level of valor and duty to the United States of America; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:

That the New Hampshire general court hereby urges the United States Department of Defense to restore the designation of Prisoner of War and Missing in Action to those servicemen and servicewomen who are missing in operations in Afghanistan and Iraq; and

That copies of this resolution be sent by the senate clerk to the President of the United States, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, the Majority and Minority Leaders of the United States Senate, the Secretary of the United States Department of Defense and to each member of the New Hampshire congressional delegation.