123STA T . 3 570CON C UR R E NT RESO L UT I ONS —D EC. 22 , 200 9Resolv e dbyth e H o u seo f Re pr ese n t a t i ves ( the S enate c oncur - rin g),ThatCongres s —(1) regrets the sense l ess ki lling o fu nar m e dc i v ilians and e xp resses its deepest condolences to the families of the 57 victims
( 2 ) condemns the culture of impunit y that continues to exist among clans , politicians, armed elements, and other per - sons of influence in the P hilippines; ( 3 ) calls for a thorough, transparent, and independent investigation and prosecution of those w ho are responsi b le for the massacre, including those who committed the killings and anyone who may have ordered them, and that the proceedings be conducted with the highest possible level of professionalism, impartiality, and regard for witness protection to assure the F ilipino people that all the responsible persons are brought to j ustice; ( 4 ) calls for an end to extrajudicial killings and election- related violence; (5) calls for freedom of press and the safety of the reporters investigating the massacre; ( 6 ) urges the D epartments of S tate and J ustice and other U nited States G overnment agencies to review their assistance programs to the Government of the Philippines, and to offer any technical assistance, such as forensics support, that Phil- ippine authorities may re q uest; and (7) reaffirms the United States commitment to working alongside Philippine authorities to combat corruption, ter- rorism, and security threats .A greed to December 1 8 ,2 0 0 9 . ARMYSIGN A LCO R P S T RAINING C E NTER AT F ORT GOR D ON , GEORGIA —60 T H ANNI V ERSARY W hereas in 1940, in preparation for possible involvement in World War I I, the United States Army identified a site near Augusta, Georgia, that was suitable for division-level training, and the War Department entered into a $ 22 million contract to construct the new installation; Whereas, at the groundbreaking ceremony on O ctober 18, 1941, the new installation was named Camp Gordon in memory of John B . Gordon, a general in the Civil War and former Georgia Governor; Whereas during World War II, Camp Gordon was home to three Army divisions, namely the 4th Infantry Division, the 26th Infantry Division, and the 10th Armored Division until they were deployed to E urope, where all three served with distinction; Whereas after the war, on N ovember 1, 1948, Camp Gordon began its signal corps tradition by becoming the home of the Signal Corps Training Center; Whereas by 1950, the need for signalmen for the Army during the K orean War led to a major expansion of the Signal Corps Dec.2 2 , 2 0 0 9[H . Con . R e s .20 6]
