,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #fgh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,november #a1       
#bjai,mr4 ,estes submitted the following
 resolution2 which was referred to the  
,committee on ,armed ,services          
,,resolution  ,commending the           
performance of the ,special ,operations 
,forces and a military working dog in   
the eradication of the terrorist leader 
of the ,islamic ,state of ,iraq and     
,syria4  ,whereas1 on ,october #bf1     
#bjai1 members of the ,special          
,operations ,forces successfully raided 
the compound of ,abu ,bakr al-,baghdadi2
 ,whereas al-,baghdadi founded the      
,islamic ,state of ,iraq and ,syria1 one
 of the most depraved terrorist enemies 
of the ,united ,states2 ,whereas a      
military working dog1 assisted members  
of the ,armed ,forces in ,syria's ,idlib
 ,province2 ,whereas members of the     
,armed ,forces1 assisted by the military
 working dog1 located al-,baghdadi as he
 hid in a tunnel wearing a suicide vest2

 ,whereas al-,baghdadi detonated his    
vest1 killing himself and injuring the  
military working dog who was injured by 
exposed1 live electrical cables in the  
tunnel2 ,whereas the military working   
dog swiftly returned to duty2 ,whereas  
the ,armed ,forces officially began     
using military working dogs in #aidb2   
,whereas the most famous dog of ,world  
,war ,,ii1 ,chips1 received the ,silver 
,star and ,purple ,heart for capturing a
 machine gun nest during the invasion of
 ,sicily2 and ,whereas the role of      
military working dogs grew more valuable
 throughout the ,korean ,war and the    
,vietnam ,war and remains an            
instrumental component of the military3 
,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that the ,house
 of ,representatives-- 7#a7 recognizes  
the immeasurable value of military      
working dogs2  7#b7 honors the military 
working dog assigned to the raid of ,abu
 ,bakr al-,baghdadi for assisting in the
 elimination of an enemy of the ,united 
,states from the world2 and  7#c7 honors

 and celebrates the actions of the      
,special ,operations ,forces of the     
,united ,states on ,october #bf1 #bjai4