[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 33 (Wednesday, March 15, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H978]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            ROBERT G. CANAR

  (Mr. GOODE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GOODE. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Robert G. Canar has distinguished himself 
by exceptionally meritorious achievements in public service to this 
Nation by serving the United States Army for over 42 years. Mr. Canar 
began his public service career in the U.S. Army as an air defense 
artillery officer and as a military intelligence officer. During his 22 
years on active duty, he served in various assignments in Vietnam, 
Korea, Europe and in the United States.
  Mr. Canar joined the former Foreign Science and Technology Center in 
1983 when he was assigned as a division chief supervising collection 
requirements, imagery, and electronics intelligence branches. Because 
of his demonstrated abilities, he has been given positions of greater 
responsibility as the director, information management, and later as 
the director, programs and resources, which led to major initiatives to 
renovate Foreign Science and Technology Center's facilities to 
accommodate growth of the workforce and to secure facilities to meet 
Sensitive Compartmented Information standards.
  Mr. Canar served as the National Ground Intelligence Center's chief 
of staff from 1994 to 2003, and as the center's acting executive 
director from 2003 to 2004. In response to the Global War on Terrorism, 
the center underwent a massive growth with the influx of new 
responsibilities to support the soldier.
  In 2004 Mr. Canar volunteered to serve for a year as the senior 
intelligence officer with the Civilian Police Assistance Training Team, 
Baghdad, Iraq. In this capacity he supervised an International Police 
Liaison Officer Team and a Multi-National Command-Iraq military team 
which organized and trained the Iraq Ministry of Interior Criminal 
Intelligence Service Directorate.
  He ended his civil service career as the special assistant to the 
commander, National Ground Intelligence Center responsible for the 
establishment of a Joint Use Intelligence Analysis Facility in 
Charlottesville, VA.
  Throughout his service, Mr. Canar has provided outstanding 
leadership, sound advice and expert professional judgment on 
significant issues that affected the Army. His actions and counsel were 
invaluable to Army leaders as they considered the issues facing the 
Nation today. Mr. Canar's dedication to accomplishing the Army's 
missions has been extraordinary. He has been a truly outstanding public 
servant and will be missed by the United States Army.

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