[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 9 (Tuesday, January 31, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E13]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    TRIBUTE TO SSG KEITH A. BENNETT

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                     HON. C.A. DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 31, 2006

  Mr. RUPPERSBERGER. Mr. Speaker, I rise before you today to pay 
tribute to SSG Keith A. Bennett who faithfully served his country by 
fighting the war on terror.
  He joined the National Guard in February 1997. He was a loyal soldier 
determined to serve our great Nation. During his time with the Guard, 
Sergeant Bennett traveled to Saudi Arabia. There, he was a military 
escort for less than a year.
  Bennett, a member of the Second Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry 
Division, was killed by a suicide bomber. While standing guard at a 
checkpoint which protects a facility where United States Marines train 
Iraqis to be police officers, an insurgent detonated the explosives 
leading to Bennett's death.
  Sergeant Bennett is survived by his father, Harry E. Bennett of 
Aberdeen, MD, his mother and stepfather, Carolyn Hasson and Thomas 
Miller of Holtwood, PA, his sister, Tina Daley, and his stepbrother, 
Tommy Miller, Jr. His family remembers him as a devoted soldier, son, 
and brother with a flare for adventure and loving to spend time riding 
his motorcycle and cruising in his 2003 black Mustang Cobra.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask that you join with me today to honor SSG Keith A. 
Bennett for the dedication he has shown to his family, his friends, and 
the American people.

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