[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 84 (Wednesday, June 24, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1216-E1217]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                TRIBUTE TO COLONEL ILA METEE-Mc CUTCHON

                                 ______
                                 

                             HON. SAM FARR

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 24, 1998

  Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to pay 
tribute to Colonel Ila Mettee-McCutchon, the Commander of the Defense 
Language Institute Foreign Language Center and Presidio of Monterey, 
and Commandant of DLIFLC, on the occasion of her retirement from the 
U.S. Army. Colonel Mettee-McCutchon has been an inspiration to all 
during her 26-year career in the armed forces, and her positions of 
successive command only further confirm her valued leadership within 
the Army and of the respect shown to her by the men and women serving 
under her command.
  Colonel Mettee-McCutchon is herself an esteemed graduate of the 
Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center. She first earned 
both B.A. and an M.S. in clinical psychology from Auburn University 
which prepared her well for her exceptional career in military 
intelligence. Later, she completed the WAC (Women's Army Corps) Officer 
Basic Course and the Military Intelligence Officer Advanced Course, and 
then graduated from the Command and General Staff College and the U.S. 
Army War College, true marks of distinction in the career of any 
military officer.
  For the first three years following Colonel Mettee-McCutchon's 
commissioning in 1971, she served as a psychologist at the Presidio of 
San Francisco responsible for drug and alcohol abuse rehabilitation. 
After displaying compassion and savvy in that assignment, she was 
transferred in 1974 to the Military Intelligence Branch and appointed a 
Regular Army Officer of Military Intelligence, which was the beginning 
of her extraordinary career in the field of military intelligence. 
Colonel Mettee-McCutchon was initially a stratectic analyst at Fort 
Bragg; before moving up to the following posts: Commander, Headquarters 
and Operations Company, 525th Military Intelligence Brigade, Fort 
Bragg; Chief, Joint Intelligence Center, U.S. Southern Command Panama; 
Commander, 741st Military Intelligence Battalion, 704th Military 
Intelligence Brigade, Fort Meade; and Staffer in the Intelligence 
Division, International Military Staff of NATO, at NATO Headquarters, 
Brussels. Because of her superb record of accomplishment in these 
critical intelligence posts, she was chosen to be Commander of the 
Garrison at the Presidio of Monterey in October, 1994.
  Colonel Mettee-McCutchon has earned numerous awards during her career 
including the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Defense Meritorious 
Service Medal and the Army Meritorious Service Medal with 4 Oak Leaf 
Clusters. She is married to John R. McCutchon, Lieutenant Colonel of 
Infantry (Retired), and has one child, Erin T. Mettee-McCutchon. I am 
sure everyone who knows Colonel Mettee-McCutchon joins me in 
recognizing her career of exemplary service to her country, and 
expressing heartfelt wishes for a happy retirement.

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                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Thursday, June 25, 1998, may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                 JULY 7
     10:00 a.m.
       Judiciary
       Antitrust, Business Rights, and Competition Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the future of covergence and 
           consolidation in the entertainment and information 
           industries.
                                                            SD-226

                                 JULY 8
     9:30 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings on S. 1905, to provide for equitable 
           compensation for the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, H.R. 
           700, to remove the restriction on the distribution of 
           certain revenues from the Mineral Springs parcel to 
           certain members of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla 
           Indians, S. 391, to provide for the disposition of 
           certain funds appropriated to pay judgment in favor of 
           the Mississippi Sioux Indians, and S. 1419, to deem the 
           activities of the Miccosukee Tribe on the Tamiani 
           Indian Reserve to be consistent with the purposes of 
           the Everglades National Park.
                                                            SR-485

                                 JULY 9
     9:30 a.m.
       Governmental Affairs
       Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
         To resume hearings to examine the adequacy of procedures 
           and systems used by the Department of Agriculture Food 
           Safety and Inspection Service and the Department of 
           Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration 
           to oversee the safety of food imported into the United 
           States, focusing on the outbreak of Cyclospora 
           associated with fresh raspberries imported into the 
           U.S. from Central America.
                                                            SD-342

                                JULY 14
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Water and Power Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on S. 1515, to increase authorization 
           levels for State and Indian tribal, municipal, rural, 
           and industrial water supplies, to meet current and 
           future water quantity and quality needs of the Red 
           River Valley, S. 2111, to establish the conditions 
           under which the Bonneville Power Administration and 
           certain Federal agencies may enter into a memorandum of 
           agreement concerning management of the Columbia/Snake 
           River Basin, and S. 2117, to authorize the construction 
           of the Perkins County Rural Water System and authorize 
           financial assistance to the Perkins County Rural Water 
           System, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, in the planning 
           and construction of the water supply system.
                                                            SD-366

                                JULY 15
     9:00 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To hold hearings to review a recent concept release by 
           the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on over-th-
           counter derivatives, and on related proposals by the 
           Treasury Department, the Board of Governors of the 
           Federal Reserve System and the Securities and Exchange 
           Commission.
                                                            SR-332
     9:30 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings on S. 2097, to encourage and facilitate 
           the resolution of conflicts involving Indian tribes.
                                                            SR-485

                                JULY 21
     10:00 a.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold oversight hearings to examine the Department of 
           Justice's implementation of the Violence Against Women 
           Act.
                                                            SD-226

                                JULY 22
     9:30 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold joint hearings with the House Resources Committee 
           on S. 1770, to elevate the position of Director of the 
           Indian Health Service to Assistant Secretary of Health 
           and Human Services, and to provide for the 
           organizational independence of the Indian Health 
           Service within the Department of Health and Human 
           Services, and H.R. 3782, to compensate certain Indian 
           tribes for known errors in their tribal trust fund 
           accounts, and to establish a process for settling other 
           disputes regarding tribal trust fund accounts.
                                                            SR-485

                               OCTOBER 6
     9:30 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
           Veterans Affairs on the legislative recommendations of 
           the American Legion.
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