[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 92 (Friday, June 24, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1207]
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                  A TRIBUTE TO COLONEL DAVID SCHROEDER

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                            HON. TOM LATHAM

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, June 24, 2011

  Mr. LATHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and congratulate 
native Iowan Colonel David Schroeder of the United States Air Force on 
his illustrious 34 year military career that will be coming to a close 
later this year.
  Colonel Schroeder began his military career in October of 1977 when 
he enlisted as a Staff Support Administrative Specialist at the rank of 
E-1. After three years he enlisted as an air traffic controller before 
earning his commission as an Officer Air Traffic Controller in 1987.
  Colonel Schroeder has most recently been serving in the Office of the 
Secretary of Defense on the staff of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for European and NATO Policy as the Country Director for the 
Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. The colonel was a 
driving force in garnering an agreement from these nations to increase 
their monetary support to the NATO Air Policing program to provide 
continued military defense of their national territorial skies.
  Mr. Speaker, our country owes Colonel Schroeder a great debt of 
gratitude for his decades of service. Colonel Schroeder's unwavering 
commitment to serving his fellow Americans embodies the Iowa spirit and 
I know all of my colleagues in the United States House of 
Representatives will join me in wishing him a well deserved and 
fulfilling retirement. I wish him the best of luck in his future 
endeavors as he begins this new chapter in his life.

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