00         SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 18(STA)                                                        
01 Supporting the men and women of the United States armed forces.                                                         
02 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
03       WHEREAS the men and women of the United States armed forces are currently                                       
04 engaged in military action in Iraq; and                                                                                 
05       WHEREAS the government of Saddam Hussein has posed a threat to national                                         
06 security and world peace for many years, attacking other nations and breaching international                            
07 laws and understandings; and                                                                                            
08       WHEREAS Iraq has not only attacked other nations, it has used chemical weapons of                               
09 mass destruction against its own Kurdish population; and                                                                
10       WHEREAS Iraq has failed to comply with the United Nations Security Council                                      
11 unanimously adopted Resolution 1441, calling for it to declare any weapons of mass                                      
12 destruction programs within its borders; and                                                                            
13       WHEREAS Iraq has attempted to shoot down surveillance planes patrolling the no-                                 
14 fly zone imposed by the United Nations; and                                                                             
15       WHEREAS the men and women of the United States and coalition armed forces are                                   
16 sacrificing their personal safety for freedom for Iraqi people and peace in the region; and                             

01       WHEREAS the United States and coalition armed forces are prepared to make the                                   
02 ultimate sacrifice; and                                                                                                 
03       WHEREAS the United States and coalition forces are leaving their families to travel                             
04 halfway around the world to assist in bringing peace to a country that has, for many years,                             
05 only known tyranny;                                                                                                     
06       BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature expresses its support for                                      
07 President George W. Bush as this nation is engaged in combat; and be it                                                 
08       FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature expresses its support to                                     
09 the men and women of the United States and coalition armed forces who are currently                                     
10 involved in Operation Iraqi Freedom and other such operations around the world.                                         
11       COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Tony Blair, Prime Minister                             
12 of the United Kingdom; the Honorable George W. Bush, President of the United States; the                                
13 Honorable Richard B. Cheney, Vice-President of the United States and President of the U.S.                              
14 Senate; the Honorable Bill Frist, Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate; the Honorable Thomas                              
15 Daschle, Minority Leader of the U.S. Senate; the Honorable J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the                            
16 U.S. House of Representatives; the Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader of the U.S.                                  
17 House of Representatives; General Tommy Franks, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Central                                        
18 Command; and to the Honorable Ted Stevens and the Honorable Lisa Murkowski, U.S.                                        
19 Senators, and the Honorable Don Young, U.S. Representative, members of the Alaska                                       
20 delegation in Congress.