[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 52 (Monday, April 13, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E452]
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                        TRIBUTE TO GARY PAGLIANO

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                         HON. CHRIS VAN HOLLEN

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, April 13, 2015

  Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to salute the career of a 
distinguished servant of Congress in the field of international energy 
and national defense. Gary Pagliano, whom I am proud to represent, will 
retire this month from the Congressional Research Service with 40 years 
of continual service to his country and to Congress, having joined CRS 
in 1974.
  Gary graduated from the State University of New York in 1971 and 
received a Master's degree in Public Administration from Cornell 
University in 1974. He is a proud graduate of the National War College 
from which he received a Master's degree in National Security Strategy 
in 1997.
  As a CRS specialist, first in energy policy and then in defense 
policy, Gary wrote about a variety of issues, including U.S. energy 
programs and policies, OPEC and world oil markets, defense 
acquisitions, defense contractors, the defense industrial base, and 
NATO. In 1984, Gary became the first CRS Senior Fellow to spend a year 
at the Atlantic Council, a program that then ran for many years. In 
1997, he was appointed to manage CRS's Defense Budget Section, a 
position he held with distinction until late last year.
  Over the decades, Gary Pagliano has helped set the standards of 
excellence for which CRS is known today. He leaves behind not only a 
distinguished public service career but a legacy of leadership and 
mentorship to colleagues, congressional staff, and defense policy 
analysts. I ask my colleagues to join me in expressing our deepest 
gratitude and appreciation to him for his four decades of service to 
Congress and to our nation.

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