the great poet william wordsworth once said not without hope we suffer and we mourn. perhaps he meant we find hope in the belief that our thoughts and prayers will in time heal their families and that hope and belief that the children of officers castillo and hayworth will grow up knowing their parents made this sacrifice to make their world and our world a better place. in the meantime, we will suffer and mourn. after going through our own senseless tragedy with gabby giffords we share in the same of loss and inexplicable violence. officers castillo and hayworth will forever be in the hearts of our community. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. the gentleman from texas, mr. paul. mr. tall: thank you, mr. speaker. how did the 20-year war get started? it had been long assumed the united states government shortly before iraq invaded kuwait in august of 1990 gafere saddam hussein a green light to attack. a state department cable recently published by wikileaks confirmed the ambassador did indeed have a convers