51.   Every American parent should have the freedom to send their child to the school they think best for that child.

52.   Hammer said American parents are amazed at the amount of energy the U.S. government has summoned in the Elian Gonzalez case on behalf of a foreign father.

53.   He is among thousands of American parents who have been victims in international child abduction cases.

54.   Hundreds of babies are adopted each month in Cambodia, mostly by French and American parents, government officials say.

55.   In that period, poverty fell steadily and more American parents found work, according to figures that drew immediate praise from the Bush administration.

56.   In the meantime, U.S. officials increasingly are anxious about the implications for American parents who are victims of international child-abduction cases.

57.   Johnson agrees, asserting there is no comparable effort on behalf of American parents in similar situations.

58.   Lampson is hoping the publicity over the Elian Gonzalez case will call attention to the thousands of American parents whose spouses have fled with their offspring to distant lands.

59.   Lampson said legislation is needed to assist American parents who are victims in international abduction cases.

60.   Many of the cases involve American parents who married non-Americans, divorced and have since been frustrated in efforts to gain custody or to see their children.