[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 207 (Friday, December 22, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S19231]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO TOM PETTIT

  Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I want to take a moment to pay tribute to a 
friend and a former NBC correspondent, Tom Pettit, who passed away 
today in New York. For more than a generation, Tom gave millions of 
viewers a front-row seat to a world of news and politics. As NBC news 
vice president Bill Wheatley noted:

       His work was always distinctive: There was never any doubt 
     that it was a Tom Pettit report. Truly, he was among the very 
     best in the profession that he so loved.

  Having interviewed every President since Harry Truman, Tom certainly 
earned his stripes in broadcast journalism. He preserved many moments 
of history, including the tragic assassination of President John F. 
Kennedy in Dallas. I know I speak for all of my colleagues in sending 
our thoughts and prayers to his wife, Patricia, and his children: 
Debra, Anne, James, and Robert.

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