[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 4 (Friday, January 9, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E57-E58]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 IN RECOGNITION OF MARSHALL BILLINGSLEA, DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY OF THE 
                                  NAVY

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                            HON. JEFF MILLER

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, January 9, 2009

  Mr. MILLER of Florida. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize 
Marshall Billingslea, the outgoing Deputy Under Secretary of the U.S. 
Navy. I am proud to recognize his service to the Nation and thank him 
for his contributions to our national defense.
  Marshall entered public service after receiving his master of arts in 
law and diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in 
1995. He served for over 6 years as the Senior Professional Staff 
Member for National Security Affairs on the Senate Foreign Relations 
Committee. During this period, he was the senior advisor to the 
chairman and members of the committee on all proliferation, arms 
control, defense, intelligence, and counter-terrorism issues. These 
experiences provided an enormous breadth of knowledge and laid the 
foundation for a career of outstanding public service.
  Mr. Billingslea later joined the Bush administration as the Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Negotiations Policy and served as 
the chief negotiator for all major international agreements. In this 
capacity, he was the principal Department of Defense representative on 
numerous U.S. arms control delegations, and the U.S. Head of Delegation 
for Transparency and Verification negotiations with the Russian 
Federation in connection with the Moscow Treaty on Strategic Nuclear 
Reductions.
  In recognition of his outstanding accomplishments, he was appointed 
the Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low-
Intensity Conflict. As the principal civilian advisor to the U.S. 
Secretary of Defense on Special Operations Forces and counter-terrorism 
efforts against al Qaeda and other terrorist groups, he had enormous 
responsibility to safeguard the American people in supervising all 
special operations activities in the Department of Defense.
  Prior to his current position, he served as NATO's assistant 
Secretary General for Defence Investment. He bolstered the national 
security of the United States by promoting NATO armaments cooperation 
policies and programs, and for military common funding. Additionally, 
he served as Chairman of NATO's Conference of National Armaments 
Directors (CNAD) and Chairman of the Board of Directors for NATO's 
Consultation, Command, and Control Organization.
  As the first Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy in over 7 years, 
Marshall has been the senior advisor to the Secretary of the Navy on a 
wide range of policy and intelligence matters. His advice and counsel 
to the Secretary during a time of war, as well as his leadership in 
standing up the DUSN organization, has been invaluable to the Secretary 
and the Department of the Navy as a whole.

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  I am proud to recognize Marshall's achievements and wish him and his 
wife, Karen, along with their daughters, Morgan Alyssa and Elsa 
Breanne, well as they pursue new endeavors.

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