[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 29 (Tuesday, March 9, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E334]
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   A TRIBUTE OF GRATITUDE TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL DON ``BOBO'' SCHILPP

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                          HON. NORMAN D. DICKS

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, March 9, 2004

  Mr. DICKS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to salute one of the many brave 
men and women who serve all of us in our great military. I would 
especially like to pay tribute today and offer my personal thanks to 
Lieutenant Colonel Don ``BoBo'' Schilpp, of the United States Air 
Force, for a job well done.
  Many of us in Congress know Lieutenant Colonel Schilpp because of his 
dedicated service during the past four years as the Appropriations/
Budget Liaison for the Air Force. This is an important role, at a time 
when many significant national security decisions were being made in 
the Congress, affecting the Air Force as well as our nation's ability 
to fulfill our constitutional role of ``provid(ing) for the national 
defense.'' The Air Force, through Colonel Schilpp's leadership during 
the past four years, has given us timely and thorough responses to our 
requests for information, and I want to take this opportunity as he 
retires from active duty to express our appreciation to him for all of 
his efforts. I have also had the pleasure of traveling with BoBo on 
several occasions, and each time his professionalism and personal 
attention to detail were the keys to a smooth and successful 
congressional delegation mission.
  Before this assignment, Lieutenant Colonel Schilpp was an 
accomplished leader and combat pilot with more than 3,400 hours in the 
F-15 and T-37 aircraft. He served overseas during Operations Desert 
Shield, Desert Storm and Southern Watch accruing more than 260 combat 
hours.
  While I have relied upon Lieutenant Colonel Schilpp's military 
advice, I have valued his friendship even more, and I know many of my 
colleagues on defense related committees in the House share in that 
sentiment. In this regard, I wanted Colonel Schilpp to know that all of 
us in Congress who have known him and worked with him wish him the very 
best of luck in all his future endeavors.

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