[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 111 (Tuesday, July 11, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1411]
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         CONGRATULATING ``PARAMETERS'' ON ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY

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                          HON. LEE H. HAMILTON

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 11, 1995
  Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Speaker, Parameters is an official U.S. Army 
periodical, published quarterly by the U.S. Army War College. I would 
like to take this opportunity to congratulate ``Parameters'' on its 
25th year of publication.
  Alastair Cooke has called Parameters ``one of the small but odd 
mixture of magazines I would not want to be without.'' Daniel Bell has 
said,

       I find Parameters one of the more interesting and useful 
     journals I read, largely because issues and questions 
     discussed rarely are found in Foreign Affairs or Foreign 
     Policy.

  A professional military is vital to the United States. Through its 
candid, provocative essays, Parameters helps to keep our military on 
the intellectual cutting edge of the many complex problems they face. 
It also contributes to policymakers' understanding of these problems. 
And perhaps most important, it provides a forum for honest and open 
debate within the military.
  I salute Parameters on its 25th anniversary, and urge my colleagues 
to read this important quarterly.