THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

INTRODUCED BY MICCARELLI, GABLER, ADOLPH, AUMENT, BAKER, BARRAR, BENNINGHOFF, BLOOM, BOYD, B. BOYLE, K. BOYLE, BRADFORD, BRENNAN, BRIGGS, BROOKS, BUXTON, CAUSER, CHRISTIANA, CLYMER, CONKLIN, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, DAVIS, DeLUCA, DENLINGER, DePASQUALE, DeWEESE, DiGIROLAMO, J. EVANS, EVERETT, FARRY, GEIST, GEORGE, GERBER, GERGELY, GIBBONS, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GRELL, GROVE, HACKETT, HAHN, HARHART, HARKINS, HARRIS, HENNESSEY, HICKERNELL, HORNAMAN, KAMPF, KAUFFMAN, W. KELLER, KILLION, KNOWLES, KORTZ, KOTIK, KRIEGER, KULA, LONGIETTI, MAJOR, MARSICO, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, MILLER, MULLERY, MUSTIO, OBERLANDER, O'NEILL, PASHINSKI, PAYNE, PETRI, PICKETT, PYLE, QUINN, RAPP, REED, ROAE, ROCK, SABATINA, SACCONE, SANTONI, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SCHRODER, SHAPIRO, STABACK, STEPHENS, STEVENSON, TALLMAN, TOEPEL, TOOHIL, TURZAI, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, WATSON AND WHITE, MAY 2, 2011

INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, MAY 2, 2011  

A RESOLUTION

Commending the armed forces of the United States for bringing

Osama bin Laden to final justice.

WHEREAS, Osama bin Laden has been the face of global

terrorism and was the architect of the September 11, 2001,

attacks on American citizens; and

WHEREAS, The dead or alive capture of Osama bin Laden has

been a top priority of past and current presidential

administrations, their intelligence agencies and the United

States military; and

WHEREAS, On May 1, 2011, United States Black Hawk helicopters

transported approximately two dozen troops from Navy SEAL Team-

Six, a top military counterterrorism unit, into a compound in

Abbottabad, Pakistan, which was identified by the CIA as bin

Laden's hideout and, after an approximate 40-minute firefight,

Osama bin Laden was shot and killed after he and his bodyguards

resisted capture in the assault; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the Pennsylvania House of Representatives

commend the United States military and other involved United

States intelligence and strategic agencies for their service in

ending this near decade-long manhunt for Osama bin Laden,

thereby bringing justice to those responsible for the attacks on

September 11, 2001, and numerous other acts of terrorism across

the world; and be it further

RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to

the President of the United States, the presiding officers of

each house of Congress, to each member of Congress from

Pennsylvania and to the Secretary of Defense in Washington, DC.