HCONRES 260 · 100th Congress · International Affairs
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Charles E. Thornton, Lee Shapiro, and Jim Lindelof, citizens of the United States who were killed in Afghanistan.
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EnactedLatest: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.(1988-06-15)
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Declares that the President should: (1) posthumously award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Charles E. Thornton, Lee Shapiro, and Jim Lindelof in honor of their efforts to document the Afghan struggle for freedom; and (2) present the award to those individuals' families on March 21, 1988, the start of the new year in Afghanistan.…
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Cosponsors (20)
8 Democrats12 Republicans