[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 62 (Friday, April 27, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E698]
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                         COMMENDING MIKE GLOVER

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                          HON. BRUCE L. BRALEY

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, April 27, 2012

  Mr. BRALEY of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commend Mike Glover 
of Windsor Heights, Iowa. For more than three decades, Mike Glover has 
been as familiar a feature of the Iowa statehouse as its golden dome. 
Today marks a bittersweet occasion: its Mike's last day of work for the 
Associated Press as its chief political reporter in Iowa before he 
retires.
  After serving his country in Vietnam, Mike continued serving his 
community as a journalist. After working for newspapers in Burlington, 
Illinois and Fort Dodge, Iowa, Mike made Des Moines his home when he 
took a job with the Associated Press.
  For the past 32 years at the AP, Mike has been writing the first 
draft of Iowa's political history.
  He's covered state legislators, governors, senators, presidents, and 
candidates alike with the same meticulous reporting and low tolerance 
for spin. He's watched the Iowa caucuses grow from a curiosity to an 
international news event. He's traveled with presidential candidates as 
they crisscrossed the country. And he's challenged them all to be more 
specific about their plans to improve America.
  Mike has the ability to slice through prepared talking points with a 
pointed question. You knew you were in the crosshairs when you sat 
opposite of Mike at a taping of Iowa Press, Iowa Public Television's 
long-running public affairs program.
  I'll never forget my first time in the hotseat. Mike came out with 
his guns blazing--he asked tough, fair, and provocative questions.
  As the next election season draws closer, Iowa will be missing a 
familiar face.
  Mike Glover was and is a genuine article. Iowans will miss his sharp 
mind and his sharp wit. I will miss seeing him at events. I thank him 
for his years of hard work and wish him the best in retirement.

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