[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 86 (Thursday, June 30, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: June 30, 1994]
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                TRIBUTE TO COL. JOHN McLAURIN, U.S. ARMY

  Mr. SHELBY. Mr. President, today I want to congratulate Col. John Mc 
Laurin who is retiring after more than 23 years of service to the U.S. 
Army Judge Advocate General's Corps. Colonel McLaurin's final tour of 
duty has been as the chief of the Investigations and Legislative 
Division of the Secretary of the Army's Office of Legislative Liaison. 
In this capacity, John represented the Army in a highly professional 
and ethical manner. I have valued and relied upon his advice and wisdom 
in dealing with many of the difficult issues that face this great 
country of ours today. Articulate, forthright, and reliable, John is 
admired by all of us who have had the privilege to know and work with 
him.
  John did not spend all of his years in the Army working in 
legislative liaison, however. In Belgium, at the Supreme Headquarters 
Allied Powers Europe, he successfully conducted the military services, 
negotiations with Belgian Government personnel under article VII of the 
NATO Status of Forces Agreement to obtain release of jurisdiction over 
military personnel. In France, at the American Embassy, he successfully 
negotiated similar releases of jurisdiction with the Governments of 
France and Monaco and served as the U.S. Defense Attache's principal 
negotiator of American-French military international agreements. In 
South Korea he served as the staff judge advocate of the 2d Infantry 
Division, our most forward deployed unit in South Korea. John has 
served in equally notable positions in the United States as the staff 
judge advocate of Health Services Command, assistant general counsel in 
the Defense Intelligence Agency, deputy staff judge advocate of the 2d 
Armored Division, and post judge advocate at Yuma Proving Grounds. He 
developed Health Service Command's multimillion-dollar Third Party 
Collection Program and the Defense Intelligence Agency's Freedom of 
Information Act Office and regulations. He has successfully advocated 
in Federal civilian, military criminal, and military administrative 
proceedings. John's tenure in each of these positions was always marked 
by success, not just by giving great legal advice, but also by bringing 
a genuine love of the military and the soldiers who are the backbone of 
the Army to each position.
  John is the type of dedicated, caring leader on whom our great Army 
depends. He has served our Nation well, and our heartfelt appreciation 
and best wishes for continued success go with him.

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