[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 59 (Friday, April 11, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5386-S5387]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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 SENATE RESOLUTION 121--HONORING THE LIFE OF WASHINGTON POST COLUMNIST 
 AND ATLANTIC MONTHLY EDITOR MICHAEL KELLY, AND EXPRESSING THE DEEPEST 
          CONDOLENCES OF THE SENATE TO HIS FAMILY ON HIS DEATH

  Mr. McCONNELL submitted the following resolution; which was 
considered and agreed to:

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                              S. Res. 121

       Whereas the Senate has learned with sadness of the death of 
     columnist and editor Michael Kelly;
       Whereas Michael Kelly, a native of Washington, D.C., 
     greatly distinguished himself as a newspaper reporter, 
     political columnist, writer, and magazine editor;
       Whereas Michael Kelly was embedded with the Third Infantry 
     Division of the United States Army in Iraq to record history 
     from the perspective of the soldiers on the field of battle;
       Whereas Michael Kelly distinguished himself early in his 
     career as a reporter for the Cincinnati Post, Baltimore Sun, 
     New York Times, and the New Yorker;
       Whereas Michael Kelly served as editor of the National 
     Journal and New Republic;
       Whereas Michael Kelly was most recently a columnist for the 
     Washington Post and the editor of the Atlantic Monthly, which 
     under his stewardship was awarded three National Magazine 
     Awards last year;
       Whereas Michael Kelly's political columns represent a major 
     contribution to American political discourse;
       Whereas Michael Kelly's reporting during the Persian Gulf 
     War of 1991 was published as a book entitled ``Martyr's 
     Day'';
       Whereas Michael Kelly was a devoted husband to his wife, 
     Madelyn, a proud father to his sons, Tom and Jack, and a 
     dutiful son to his parents, Thomas and Marguerite Kelly; and
       Whereas Michael Kelly's wit, acumen, intellect, patriotism, 
     and passion will be forever remembered by his friends, 
     colleagues, and the countless strangers whose lives he 
     touched with his powerful writings: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) pays tribute to the outstanding career and memorable 
     writings of Michael Kelly;
       (2) expresses its deepest condolences to his family; and
       (3) directs the Secretary of the Senate to direct an 
     enrolled copy of this resolution to the family of Michael 
     Kelly.

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