House Proceeding 07-10-09 on Jul 10th, 2009 :: 0:48:25 to 0:50:25
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Michael N. Castle: recognized. mr. wamp: i yield myself three minutes and yield to the gentleman from delaware, mr. castle, for the purpose of colloquy. the chair: the gentleman from delaware is recognized for three minutes. mr. castle: i thank the gentleman for yielding. madam chair, i would like to speak about the dover air force

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Speech By: Michael N. Castle

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Michael N. Castle: base and what it's doing with its mortuary. for over 50 years, it's been home to a mortuary and it is here they receive the theater of fallen soldiers, air force, and marines and receives a

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Michael N. Castle: solemn procession from the base to the mortuary. they treat them and their families with dignity, honor, and respect. the department of defense announced a new gnu policy with regard to media access. under the new policy, the decision regarding media coverage is made on an individual basis by the famies of the fallen.

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Michael N. Castle: the new policy expands the department's support to those family members wishing to attend the dignified transfer by paying for travel to dover and increasing availability of grief counseling and chaplain support services. the immediate result is that many more families of fallen soldiers travel to attend the

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Michael N. Castle: dig fied transfer. the wing commander and his staff have expressed concern they do not have adequate chapel facilities to provide for on-base memorial services, worship, and counseling. this would be particularly evident in the event of a mass casualty situation in the at the over operations.

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Michael N. Castle: the base submitted a proposal to build a new in base chapel center to include private space for the express purpose of receiving grieving families. i understand the office of the secretary of defense is supportive of this project and