[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 60 (Thursday, April 29, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E815]
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                   TRIBUTE TO COMMANDER MARK M. LEARY

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                          HON. BILL C.W. YOUNG

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 29, 1999

  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize an 
outstanding Naval Officer, Commander Mark Leary who has served with 
distinction for the past 3 years for the Assistant Secretary of the 
Navy, Financial Management and Comptroller as a Principle Assistant and 
Deputy in the Appropriations Matters Office. It is a privilege for me 
to recognize his many outstanding achievements and commend him for the 
superb service he has provided to the Navy, the Congress, and our great 
Nation as a whole.
  During his tenure in the Appropriations Matters Office, which began 
in January of 1996, Commander Leary has provided members of the House 
Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Defense as well as our 
professional and personal staffs with timely and accurate support 
regarding Navy plans, programs and budget decisions. His valuable 
contributions have enabled the Subcommittee and the Department of the 
Navy to strengthen its close working relationship and to ensure the 
most modern, well trained and well equipped naval forces attainable for 
the defense of our great nation.
  Mr. Speaker, Mark Leary and his wife Paula have made many sacrifices 
during his naval career and as they embark once again on that greatest 
adventure of a Naval Aviator's career, commander of a helicopter 
squadron, I call upon my colleagues to wish him every success as well 
as fair winds and following seas.

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