[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 53 (Thursday, May 2, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3836-S3837]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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    RETIREMENT OF DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS CHARLES W. WINWOOD

 Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, on May 3rd the Federal law 
enforcement community will lose one of its finest civil servants. 
Charles W. Winwood, Deputy Commissioner of the United States Customs 
Service, will retire after a very distinguished 30-year career.
  Mr. Winwood served as Acting Commissioner from January to September 
2001. During that time he continued his longstanding and persuasive 
advocacy of the need to modernize Customs automated systems through the 
creation of the Automated Commercial Environment, often referred to as 
ACE. I share his strong view that ACE is critical to enforcement and 
trade facilitation needs. Therefore, I was especially pleased almost 
one year ago when Mr. Winwood announced the selection of the contractor 
team that will make ACE a reality.
  While he was Acting Commissioner, Mr. Winwood also had the difficult 
task of managing Customs through the critical days immediately 
following the attacks of last September 11th. He immediately put the 
agency on Level One Alert and set the course for the commendable job 
that Customs is doing today on anti-terrorism and homeland security 
efforts.
  Mr. Winwood is a graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania and 
earned

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a master's in management and public administration from Florida 
International University. He began his Customs career in 1972 after 
serving his country for 2 years in the U.S. Army, including a combat 
tour of duty in Vietnam. After service in a number of important 
management roles, Charles Winwood was chosen as Deputy Commissioner on 
June 5, 2000.
  Customs was formed in 1789 and is our Nation's oldest law enforcement 
agency. Mr. Winwood's dedication to duty has added yet another chapter 
to the agency's long, proud history. As he ends his service to our 
Nation, I ask the Senate to join me in thanking Mr. Winwood and wishing 
him a long, happy and satisfying retirement.

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