[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 26 (Thursday, March 10, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: March 10, 1994]
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THE CONFIRMATION OF MIKE WALKER TO THE POSITION OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY 
                              OF THE ARMY

  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, the Senate recently confirmed Mr. Michael 
Walker, who resides near Charlestown, WV, to be Assistant Secretary of 
the Army. I was pleased to see that President Clinton nominated Mike 
Walker to become Assistant Secretary of the Army and I congratulate him 
on his confirmation. The expertise Mike has developed and the 
extraordinary work ethic he has demonstrated in the past 15 years as 
the Senate Appropriations Committee's expert on military construction 
will serve him well as the Army's new top official for installations, 
logistics, and environmental policy.
  Mike began his congressional service as a page in the U.S. House of 
Representatives in the mid-1960's. He subsequently served as assistant 
to the late Congressman Joe L. Evins. Upon Congressman Evins' 
retirement in 1976, Mike began a long association with the senior 
Senator from Tennessee [Mr. Sasser], including his service as the 
principal staff person on the Committee's Military Construction 
Subcommittee, which is chaired by Senator Sasser.
  In addition to his duties to the Senate Appropriations Committee, 
Mike has also assisted special U.S. task forces in the Persian Gulf and 
Central America. He has applied his international affairs expertise 
while a military affairs adviser to several Senate delegations to the 
former Yugoslavia, Eastern Europe, Somalia, and Asia.
  Mike's service in the U.S. Army National Guard should also be helpful 
to him in his new assignment, as it was in the Senate.
  Mr. President, Mike is the son of Dorothy Walker, a former newspaper 
editor in Martin, TN. She certainly must be proud of the confidence 
that President Clinton has displayed in her son by nominating him for 
this very important position.
  It has been my experience that individuals who serve on the staff of 
the Appropriations Committee must spend long hours away from their 
families. This requires no small amount of sacrifice on the part of 
family members, and Mike's wife, Romy, is to be commended in this 
regard.
  I again congratulate Mike Walker upon his well-deserved appointment. 
While his insights and hard work will be sorely missed here, I am 
confident that Mike will continue to serve the United States with great 
distinction and dedication in his new role as Assistant Secretary of 
the Army. I look forward to working with him in that capacity.

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