[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 32 (Tuesday, March 21, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1503-S1504]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   TRIBUTE TO MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM F. MOORE, UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I wish to take this opportunity to recognize 
and say farewell to a Mississippi native and distinguished Air Force 
officer, Major General William F. Moore, upon his retirement from the 
Air Force after more than thirty years of commissioned service. Major 
General Moore has served with distinction, and it is my privilege to 
recognize his many accomplishments and to commend him for the superb 
service he has provided to the Air Force and the Nation.
  Major General Moore graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy and 
received his commission in 1969. Since then, Major General Moore's 
assignments have made untold contributions to national security. Upon 
graduation from the Air Force Academy, General Moore served with the 
Drone and Remotely Piloted Vehicles System Program Office, Aeronautical 
Systems Division, at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. In his next 
assignment, General Moore served in the Office of the Deputy Chief of 
Staff for Development Plans, Headquarters Air Force Systems Command, 
Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. In 1976, General Moore was selected 
to attend and received a Master's Degree in Business Administration 
from the Air Force Institute of Technology, Wharton School of Finance 
and Commerce, University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia.
  General Moore's next assignments were as Executive Office and Project 
Officer with the Peacekeeper ICBM Engineering Directorate, Ballistic 
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Office at Norton Air Force Base, California, and as Director of Program 
Control, Joint System Program Office for the Advanced Medium Range Air-
to-Air Missile, at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. In 1985 General Moore 
was selected for the prestigious Air War College at Maxwell Air Force 
Base, Alabama. Following completion of the Air War College, General 
Moore was the Director of Cost, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for 
Comptroller, Headquarters Air Force Systems Command, Andrews Air Force 
Base, Maryland, and then the Small ICBM Deputy Program Director at 
Norton Air Force Base.
  In 1989 General Moore attended the Program Manager's Course at the 
Defense Systems Management College, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. General 
Moore then returned to the Small ICBM Program as the Program Director. 
He then served as the Deputy Director of Strategic, Special Operation 
Forces and Airlift Programs, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the 
Air Force for Acquisition, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. In 1992, 
General Moore was assigned as the Vice Commander of the San Antonio Air 
Logistics Center. In 1993 General Moore was promoted to Brigadier 
General.
  In 1994, General Moore served as the Program Executive Officer for 
Bombers, Missiles and Trainers, Office of the Assistant Secretary of 
the Air Force for Acquisition, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. In 1995, 
General Moore became the Director of Special Programs in the Office of 
the Secretary of Defense. In this capacity, he was responsible for 
coordinating the planning, budgeting, and management of extremely 
sensitive Department of Defense special access classified programs. In 
1997, General Moore received his second star, in 1998, was assigned as 
the Deputy Director for the newly formed Defense Threat Reduction 
Agency (DTRA). As the Deputy Director of DTRA, General Moore held and 
excelled in one of the most complex and challenging assignments in the 
Department of Defense--the creation of DTRA. DTRA was created, in the 
words of the Secretary of Defense: ``to fill a major void in the 
defense of the nation against weapons of mass destruction''. 
Established by a Defense Reform Initiative in November 1997, General 
Moore led the successful accomplishment of a vital and monumental 
strategic task--consolidation into one organization the bulk of DoD's 
arms control, cooperative threat reduction, and technology security 
regimes, as well as weapons of mass destruction (WMD) related research 
development test and evaluation (RDT&E) programs. DTRA also coordinates 
and prioritizes Chemical/Biological programs for the Joint Staff, and 
provides an integrated national architecture for response to WMD 
threats to civil and military populations; and is a full partner with 
the Departments of Energy, Justice and State to provide national 
deterrence for WMD.
  General Moore is a fully certified acquisition professional whose 
awards include two Defense Distinguished Service Medals, the legion of 
Merit with oak leaf cluster, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the 
Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the National 
Defense Service Medal with service star, the Armed Forces Expeditionary 
Medal, and the Vietnam Service Medal.
  During his long and distinguished career, General Moore served the 
nation with excellence and distinction. He is a visionary leader, and a 
true warrior who has had a profound impact on the United States Air 
Force, and made significant contributions to the strategic defense of 
the United States and its allies.
  General Moore will retire from the Air Force on May 1, 2000, after 
more than thirty years of exceptionally distinguished service. On 
behalf of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, I would like to 
recognize General Moore's accomplishments and his service. 
Congratulations on the completion of a long and distinguished career.

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