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Week Ending June 4, 2004

House Concurrent Resolution 417 honoring the Tuskgegee Airmen.

BRIEF

   Urges the U.S. Air Force to continue to honor and learn from the example provided by the Tuskegee Airmen in creating an integrated United States Air Force–the world's foremost Air and Space Supremacy Force–as it faces the challenges of the 21st century and the war on terror.

   The Tuskgegee Airmen were a segregated group of African-American aviators who served with distinguished honor during WWII.

Sponsor: Representative Jon C. Porter ( -NV)

Vote: Passed House 378 – 0.

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