jim furman has joined us and he has said their names need to be cleared. they were not at fault. in addition, the attorney for the 17 marines who were killed in the back of that plane, brian alexander and his associate, frances young in new york, he has joined. people like phil cool has joined, rex rivolo has joined. these were experts within the d.o.d. system that knew this plane and know that these gentlemen were not at fault. even though he is deceased, god rest his soul, mike wallace did a major 60 minutes piece on this accident -- a major "60 minutes" piece on this accident two years after it happened, yet everything in that show showed that these two fellows were put into a situation they were not trained for, they did not know how to react to an issue call vortex ring state, i'll touch on that in a moment. the real stradge diof all this is all the families want is an official document that will say their husbands were not at fault. mr. speaker, it's gotten kind of ironic to me because we have spent 10 years, i'm not going to try to say to you, tonight, or anyone watching,