In Letter to President Trump, Young and Donnelly Reiterate Importance of Bringing Fallen POW/MIAs Home from North Korea
Washington, D.C. — In a letter, U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) welcomed President Trump’s recent commitment in Singapore to recover and repatriate the remains of American prisoners of war (POW) and servicemembers who are missing in action (MIA) from the Korean War, including 176 Hoosiers.
The senators said, in part, in their letter, “As a nation, we must help these families bring their loved ones home, and we must honor our commitment to never leave our fallen behind. We applaud your commitment to restart the POW/MIA recovery effort and to finally provide closure for the families that have waited for so long. We are eager to do all we can to help.”
In their Joint Statement in Singapore, President Trump and Kim Jong Un said, “The United States and the DPRK commit to recovering POW/MIA remains, including the immediate repatriation of those already identified.”
To read Senator Young and Donnelly’s full letter to President Trump, see below or click here.
Monday, June 18, 2018
Donald J. Trump
President of the United States
The White House
Dear Mr. President:
We are writing to you following your historic meeting with Kim Jong Un. We share your desire for a complete, verifiable, and irreversible dismantlement of North Korea’s nuclear arsenal, and we stand ready to work with your administration to achieve this objective.
We are also pleased to see that the Joint Statement issued at the conclusion of the Singapore summit included a renewal of the commitment to recover and repatriate the remains of our nation’s prisoners of war and those servicemembers who are missing in action (POW/MIA). As you know, our nation cannot account for 7,697 Americans from the Korean War—and that includes 176 Hoosiers. As a nation, we must help these families bring their loved ones home, and we must honor our commitment to never leave our fallen behind.
We applaud your commitment to restart the POW/MIA recovery effort and to finally provide closure for the families that have waited for so long. We are eager to do all we can to help.
Sincerely,
Joe Donnelly
United States Senator
Todd Young
United States Senator