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Subcommittee recommends study commission on USS Liberty; members urge federal involvement
Summary
The subcommittee recommended future legislation on HB 1041 to form a commission investigating the 1967 USS Liberty incident, with members urging outreach to the federal delegation and recording veterans' testimony while survivors remain alive.
A legislative subcommittee voted to recommend further legislation on HB 1041, a bill proposing a state commission to investigate the 1967 USS Liberty incident and its aftermath. Committee members emphasized preserving veterans’ testimony and said the state’s role would be limited without federal cooperation.
Speaker 2, a subcommittee member, described the bill as intended to provide a forum for survivors to give their accounts and to examine whether the federal investigation at…
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