[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 85 (Tuesday, June 27, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1291]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   HONORING MARTIN FAGA IN RETIREMENT

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                             HON. TOM DAVIS

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 27, 2006

  Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Martin 
Faga, who is retiring from his post at the MITRE Corporation. I have 
known Marty Faga since my days in the Fairfax County Board of 
Supervisors, when he was a congressional staffer and civic activist in 
Lee Boulevard Heights.
  President and Chief Executive Officer of MITRE Corporation, Mr. Faga 
received his master and bachelor of science degrees in electrical 
engineering from Lehigh University in 1964 and 1963.
  Before joining MITRE, Mr. Faga served from 1989 until 1993 as 
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space, where he was 
responsible for overall supervision of Air Force space matters. At the 
same time, he served as Director of the National Reconnaissance Office 
(NRO), responsible to the Secretary of Defense and the Director of 
Central Intelligence for the development, acquisition and operation of 
all U.S. satellite reconnaissance programs.
  Mr. Faga joined MITRE in 1993 as Vice President of MITRE's Center for 
Integrated Intelligence Systems, one of the three units operating under 
the Department of Defense Federally Funded Research and Development 
Centers. He later served as Senior Vice President, General Manager, and 
Executive Vice President. Since 2000 he has been MITRE Corporation's 
President and Chief Executive Officer.
  Mr. Faga's career has included distinguished service as a staff 
member of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House 
of Representatives, where he headed the program and budget staff; as an 
engineer at the Central Intelligence Agency; and as an R&D officer in 
the Air Force. He has served on the Commission for the Protection and 
Reduction of Government Secrecy, the Jeremiah Panel to review the 
mission and organization of the NRO, several Defense Science Board Task 
Forces, and the National Commission for the Review of the NRO. 
Additionally, he has been appointed by President Bush to the 
President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board and to the Public 
Interest Declassification Board.
  Awards and honors bestowed upon Mr. Faga include the National 
Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal, the Department of Defense 
Distinguished Public Service Medal, the Air Force Exceptional Civilian 
Service Medal, the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, and in 2004, he 
was awarded the Intelligence Community Seal Medallion.
  Mr. Speaker, in closing, I ask my colleagues to join me in applauding 
Martin Faga and congratulating him on his retirement after a 
distinguished career dedicated to ensuring the national security of the 
United States of America.




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