[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 48 (Thursday, April 28, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[Congressional Record: April 28, 1994]
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             TO HONOR SERVICE OF LT. COL. MICHAEL C. STEPP

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                           HON. TERRY EVERETT

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 28, 1994

  Mr. EVERETT. Mr. Speaker, I rise to acknowledge the retirement of Lt. 
Col. Michael C. Stepp from the U.S. Air Force after more than 27 years 
of service. He is currently the Director for Defense Information, 
Office of the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs. 
A native of Dothan, AL, Lieutenant Colonel Stepp will retire on May 1, 
1994.
  Colonel Stepp served as chief of public affairs, 1776th Air Base 
Wing, Andrews Air Force Base, MD, and was then assigned, in 1987, to 
the Pentagon as a plans officer and later as a spokesman on the Air 
Force News Deck in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Public Affairs. In 1989, he was asked by Secretary of Defense Dick 
Cheney's spokesman, Mr. Pete Williams, to become one of his military 
assistants and served from August 1991 to September 1993 as senior 
military assistant.
  Colonel Stepp's military awards and decorations include the Defense 
Meritorious Service Medal, Air Force Meritorious Service Medal with 
three oak leaf clusters, Air Force Commendation Medal with three oak 
leaf clusters, Joint Service Achievement Medal, Joint Meritorious Unit 
Award, Air Force Outstanding Unit Award, Air Force Good Conduct Medal 
with one oak leaf cluster, and National Defense Service Medal with 
device.
  I join Lt. Col. Michael C. Stepp, his wife Mary and daughter, Jenifer 
in the celebration of his retirement May 1, 1994. I am proud of his 
years of dedicated service to the U.S. Air Force and wish him well in 
his future endeavors.

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