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. i have never met you before, have never met your son, but hearing your story, hearing the story from those of you who served with him, he is our brother tom a part of our family. part of the family of those who have worn the uniform, from whatever branch of service, and who have gone through that fight to see what he is facing now, one of our own, is unimaginable upon coming home. when we serve overseas, the one bright light that we have is that we can come home, and that we, home to our loved ones and to some sense of normalcy. to see down what he s going through, to not have that bright light, is despicable and unimaginable. there is no question that our government needs to do whatever it takes to support sergeant tahmooressi as he seeks justice and freedom in mexico. there is no question the state department must make this a priority. while we hope the mexican courts, government will do the right thing and recognize that this case must be dismissed as soon as possible, t ....
the border and was arrested. sergeant tahmooressi served two tours of duty in afghanistan. he was honorably discharged in 2012. the house subcommittee is looking into his arrest in mexico. the testimony will include his servedand a soldier who with him in afghanistan. you will also see montel williams, who has been speaking a great deal about the case. the hearing should get underway shortly. . a quorum being present, this subcommittee will come to order. we will limit the opening statements to myself, ranking member, and chairman of the full committee. members will then be given ample time to answer questions. if we have time for a second round of questions, we will do so. i like to start by recognizing myself and present my opening statement. without objection, the members of the subcommittee can set submit their opening remarks for the record. now i yield myself as much time as i may consume from opening remarks. welcome, everyone, to this important hearing. ....
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the president needs to make the call today. if you are not going to call call this woman. father,an s child is a i need to say something else i did not say earlier. the reason why i jumped out and decided to become public this is not about me i have a daughter right now who is going through cancer treatment four-year. she s in her second round and came back. the worst of it the last couple of days. june has sentnce a prayer to my family every day for my daughter. those who wonder why i m here, this is a father and a mother who have to ill children and i know a lot of us who have suffered from posttraumatic stress don t like to use that term. but if we use it appropriately and use of the right way, it can be treated. it is an illness. i would beg the president make that call. if that can t happen, i would beg that maybe this committee, we issue a joint statement to the president in mexico and say the world is watching. it s time for you to act. thank you all very ....
not shocked. you montel williams made a and montel williams made a point about pick up the phone mr. president will stop this is a not calling this is calling a friend and ally with whom we and in and in have a robust an a trading relationship. in and a and it is a dereliction of duty on the part of the president that he has not made is this phone call and put the not a four put the full-court new press on the mexican government not to release andrew. and i was chairman of the veteran affairs committee and served in the committee for 26 years, including as chairman. and you ptsd this argument has even though and they care they have in a they care they have written the book on how to care for veterans suffering from in a in post-paramedics dress disorder. and delay is denial. in and delay is denial. of and i and a you are in a delay is denial. it also needs to be pointed out that six months to any service connection disability be it physical or psychological ....