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6-8-2012

PhilippinesResolution and Clark AFB Cemetery

The Senate passed a resolution by voice vote this week (Sen. J. Res 418), celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the United States-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty and the vitality of the overall bilateral relationship. The resolution also recognizes that Clark Air Force Base (AFB) Veterans Cemetery, administered by the U.S. government from 1900 to 1991, as the final resting place for thousands of Filipino and U.S. veterans. The resolution, sponsored by Senator Richard Lugar (Ind.), seeks to have an appropriate government agency assigned to maintain the cemetery. 

Regarding this issue, FRA supports the “Remembering America’s Forgotten Veterans Cemetery Act” (S. 2320), sponsored by Senator Kelly Ayotti (N.H.), that would authorize the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) to operate and maintain the Clark AFB Veterans Cemetery.