[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 23 (Wednesday, March 6, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S1597]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  TRIBUTE TO COLONEL EDWARD D. BISHOP

 Mr. SESSIONS. Madam President, it has come to my attention 
that Colonel Edward D. Bishop is retiring after 30 years of exemplary 
active military service in the United States Army. He served his 
country with dignity, honor, courage and integrity.
  Colonel Bishop is concluding his career as the Chief, Congressional 
Affairs, U.S. Army Materiel Command, AMC, from August 2000 to May 2002. 
The Colonel's extraordinary insight into congressional affairs has 
greatly assisted the United States Army Materiel Command with the tough 
before the United States Congress. AMC is the one place in the Army 
where technology, acquisition, and logistics are integrated to assure 
Army readiness. Colonel Bishop as the Chief, Congressional Affairs, AMC 
was able to work the hard issues for the Army in order for AMC to 
continue to sustain the nation's defense industrial base.
  Ed Bishop is a world-class logistician who served our nation in 
numerous logistical assignments throughout his career. From January 
1996 to August 2000, he was assigned as the Director of the United 
States Central Command, CENTCOM, Liaison Office. He was the commands 
representative to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint 
Staff, the Service Staffs, Congress, and numerous Federal Agencies on 
political-military, operational, and logistics issues affecting 25 
countries in Southwest Asia, Central Asia, and Horn of Africa.
  Ed's other assignments included Division Chief in the Joint Logistics 
and Security Assistance Directorate from June 1993 to January 1996. 
During this period, he negotiated host nation support agreements with 
selected Gulf countries, monitored the readiness of prepositioned 
materiel, and provided interface with CENTCOM and the Joint Staff 
Crisis Action Team. Prior to this period, Col. Bishop was assigned to 
U.S. Forces Command and Joint Task Force, Somalia.
  Colonel Bishop is a native of the great state of Alabama and a 
distinguished graduate of Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, 
Alabama in 1972, and commissioned as a Second Lieutenant of Infantry. 
Later, he earned a Master of Business Administration, MBA, in Business 
Administration in 1982, from Florida Institute of Technology, and is a 
graduate of the Industrial College of Armed Forces at Fort McNair, 
Washington, D.C.
  Colonel Bishop's military decorations include the Defense Superior 
Service Medal, Army Meritorious Service Medal with five oak leaf 
clusters, a Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal 
with three oak leaf clusters, the Army Achievement Medal, the United 
Nations Service Medal, and the Army Humanitarian Service Medal. 
Throughout his career, Colonel Bishop has brought astute judgment, bold 
recommendations and selfless service to our Army.
  Mr. President, Colonel Bishop deserves the thanks and praise of the 
nation that he faithfully served for so long. I know the Members of the 
Senate will join me in wishing him, his wife, Linda, two sons, Ryan and 
Troy, their daughter-in-law Sonya, and their lovely grandson Dylan, all 
the best in the years ahead.

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