[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 85 (Wednesday, June 11, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S7730]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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 SENATE RESOLUTION 166--RECOGNIZING THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE'S AIR 
FORCE NEWS AGENCY ON THE OCCASION OF ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY AND HONORING 
 THE AIR FORCE PERSONNEL WHO HAVE SERVED THE NATION WHILE ASSIGNED TO 
                              THAT AGENCY

  Mr. CORNYN submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on the Judiciary.

                              S. Res. 166

       Whereas the Air Force News Agency has served as the primary 
     news and information organization for the United States Air 
     Force since the agency was organized on June 1, 1978;
       Whereas the Air Force News Agency currently has more than 
     480 personnel stationed around the world in 28 locations 
     gathering news, information, and images about United States 
     military missions;
       Whereas the Air Force News Agency is capable of providing 
     news, information, and images in the widest array of formats 
     to the American public and the world, including print, 
     television, radio, Internet, and telephone formats;
       Whereas the Air Force News Agency provides a critical 
     service to senior leaders and commanders of the Department of 
     Defense and the United States Air Force by providing news, 
     information, and images to service members wherever they are 
     stationed around the world;
       Whereas the Air Force News Agency helps ensure the morale 
     and readiness of the members of the United States Armed 
     Forces around the world by covering and reporting on the 
     critical services they provide in service to the Nation, to 
     their remote locations, to their family members, and to the 
     American public;
       Whereas the Air Force News Agency has recently contributed 
     significantly in Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Noble 
     Eagle, Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan, and Operation Iraqi 
     Freedom;
       Whereas during Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert 
     Storm, the Air Force News Agency's Air Force Broadcasting 
     Service delivered continuous radio and television news and 
     information to coalition forces through the American Forces 
     Desert Network;
       Whereas the Air Force News Agency's Air Force News Service 
     provides news, information, and images about the United 
     States Air Force through its official web site, Air Force 
     Link, to more than 3,700,000 Internet users every week, 
     biweekly television news programs to more than 800 television 
     stations and cable systems, and print news stories and images 
     to more than 30,000 subscribers every weekday;
       Whereas the Air Force News Agency's Army and Air Force 
     Hometown News Service annually provides more than 800,000 
     news releases to 12,000 daily and weekly hometown newspapers 
     of active, Reserve, and Guard service members and distributes 
     more than 13,500 Holiday Greetings to 1,085 television 
     stations and 2,906 radio stations each holiday season; and
       Whereas the year 2003 marks the 25th anniversary of the Air 
     Force News Agency: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) recognizes the United States Air Force's Air Force News 
     Agency on the occasion of its 25th anniversary; and
       (2) honors the Air Force personnel who have served the 
     Nation while assigned to that agency.

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