[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 121 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 121

  Honoring the life of Washington Post columnist and Atlantic Monthly 
  editor Michael Kelly, and expressing the deepest condolences of the 
                   Senate to his family on his death.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 11, 2003

Mr. McConnell submitted the following resolution; which was considered 
                             and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Honoring the life of Washington Post columnist and Atlantic Monthly 
  editor Michael Kelly, and expressing the deepest condolences of the 
                   Senate to his family on his death.

Whereas the Senate has learned with sadness of the death of columnist and editor 
        Michael Kelly;
Whereas Michael Kelly, a native of Washington, D.C., greatly distinguished 
        himself as a newspaper reporter, political columnist, writer, and 
        magazine editor;
Whereas Michael Kelly was embedded with the Third Infantry Division of the 
        United States Army in Iraq to record history from the perspective of the 
        soldiers on the field of battle;
Whereas Michael Kelly distinguished himself early in his career as a reporter 
        for the Cincinnati Post, Baltimore Sun, New York Times, and the New 
        Yorker;
Whereas Michael Kelly served as editor of the National Journal and New Republic;
Whereas Michael Kelly was most recently a columnist for the Washington Post and 
        the editor of the Atlantic Monthly, which under his stewardship was 
        awarded three National Magazine Awards last year;
Whereas Michael Kelly's political columns represent a major contribution to 
        American political discourse;
Whereas Michael Kelly's reporting during the Persian Gulf War of 1991 was 
        published as a book entitled ``Martyr's Day'';
Whereas Michael Kelly was a devoted husband to his wife, Madelyn, a proud father 
        to his sons, Tom and Jack, and a dutiful son to his parents, Thomas and 
        Marguerite Kelly; and
Whereas Michael Kelly's wit, acumen, intellect, patriotism, and passion will be 
        forever remembered by his friends, colleagues, and the countless 
        strangers whose lives he touched with his powerful writings: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) pays tribute to the outstanding career and memorable 
        writings of Michael Kelly;
            (2) expresses its deepest condolences to his family; and
            (3) directs the Secretary of the Senate to direct an 
        enrolled copy of this resolution to the family of Michael 
        Kelly.
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