[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 5 (Tuesday, January 19, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E43]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                TRIBUTE TO MAJOR GENERAL CURTIS M. BEDKE

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                           HON. STEVE AUSTRIA

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 19, 2010

  Mr. AUSTRIA. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Major 
General Curtis M. Bedke, for his outstanding service to our nation on 
the occasion of his retirement from the United States Air Force.
  It is an honor to join the people of Ohio's 7th Congressional 
District in congratulating Major General Bedke upon his retirement as 
Commander of the Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force 
Base.
  A 1977 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, he has served a 
distinguished career, piloting 78 aircraft in more than 4,300 flights. 
As Commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory, he led more than 
10,000 employees and was responsible for managing the Air Force's 
science and technology program.
  Previously, General Bedke was Commander of the Air Force Flight Test 
Center at the Edwards Air Force Base in California. He also served in 
Operation Enduring Freedom as the Combined Forces Air Component 
Commander in Egypt in 2001 and as the U.S. Central Command's senior 
military representative to Pakistan in 2002.
  For his many years of service to our nation, I join the people of 
Ohio's Seventh Congressional District in extending our best wishes upon 
his retirement and wish him ongoing success in all future endeavors.

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