[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 70 (Friday, May 14, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E970]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  TRIBUTE TO CMDR. MARK M. LEARY, USN

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                          HON. C.W. BILL YOUNG

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, May 14, 1999

  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize an 
outstanding Naval officer, Commander Mark M. Leary who for the past 
three years has served with distinction as the Assistant Secretary of 
the Navy, Financial Management and Comptroller as a Principal 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.
  During his tenure in the Appropriations Matters Office, which began 
in January 1996, Commander Leary has provided members of the House 
Appropriations 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 members of the Subcommittee, which I had the privilege to Chair the 
past four years, 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 in the world for 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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