[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 113 (Saturday, August 13, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 13, 1994]
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                         TRIBUTE TO BOB WIKLUND

  Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I have been on the floor several times 
recently to recognize members of my staff who were moving on to new 
jobs. Sometimes they were going to a new position on the Hill.
  Sometimes they were headed to K Street to work in the private sector, 
or elsewhere on the east coast to return to school. I even had a 
staffer recently who moved all the way to Colorado. But I think Bob 
Wiklund, a loyal member of my staff for 4 years, takes the record as he 
prepares to move to Belarus in the former Soviet Union.
  A native of Lawrence, KS, Bob began his work in my office as an 
intern. He did not say too much at first, but he sure turned out a lot 
of work. He stepped into the duties of a legislative correspondent for 
foreign policy and defense, and he did so well that I decided to hire 
him for that job when his internship was over and we could not get him 
to do it for free anymore. Hiring Bob turned out to be a smart move. As 
our resident Russian speaker, he was very helpful during visits to my 
office by Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin. And when President 
Yeltsin accepted an invitation to visit my home State of Kansas, Bob 
was invaluable in translating letters, helping coordinate details, and 
acting as a liaison between my office and the Russian delegation.

  After 2 years as a legislative correspondent, Bob began studying for 
his master's degree in international economics at the Johns Hopkins 
School for Advanced International Studies, but he continued to work in 
my office part time. This spring, Bob completed his degree and was 
selected by the World Bank to act as an adviser on privatization in 
Belarus. If his work for me is anything to go by, he will do an 
outstanding job. I appreciate all Bob's hard work over the years, and I 
wish him and his wife, Carrie, all the best in this adventure.

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