[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 18 (Wednesday, February 27, 2002)]
[House]
[Pages H567-H568]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       IM MEMORY OF DANIEL PEARL

  (Ms. CARSON of Indiana asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. CARSON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in great sorrow and 
with much horror about the vicious killing of Wall Street Journal 
reporter, Daniel Pearl, in Pakistan.
  A gentleman and a premier journalist, he enriched the lives of many, 
including people in my own hometown of Indianapolis during the summer 
of 1985, where he worked as an intern for the Indianapolis Star.
  It was in Indianapolis that Mr. Pearl launched his career in 
journalism and discovered his passion for reporting. As a reporter, he 
always knew his job could sometimes put his life in jeopardy, but as 
the Indianapolis Star wrote so eloquently, David's death in the line of 
duty brings home the lesson taught by the Ernie Pyles of our history, 
that journalism, when taken to the heart of human conflict, can be the

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most honorable of vocations and among the most dangerous.
  The pain of his untimely death transcends our borders. He will be 
missed by caring people universally. My heartfelt sorrow and prayers go 
to his child yet to be born, his wife, his family and his friends, and 
certainly all of us who knew him.

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