Her disappearance the US Navy mislabeled her as an unauthorized absence instead of the duty status whereabouts unknown. This was tragic. I was proud to honor Seaman Resendes by securing language in this year's NDAA to conduct oversight of the Department's application of designation in cases involving missing service members who are later found deceased. This is an important step towards ensuring that any service member who goes missing from receives a proper classification and investigatory response to assure their life has every shot of living. (00:32–00:49)
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Asserts that he secured language in the NDAA for oversight of designations in cases of missing service members.
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