[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 29, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E610-E611]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              RECOGNIZING AMBASSADOR WILLIAM GREEN MILLER

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                      HON. MICHAEL G. FITZPATRICK

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 29, 2015

  Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a loyal patriot 
and statesman, Ambassador William Green Miller, for his longtime work 
and commitment to building a strong and resilient US-Ukraine 
relationship. This week, Ambassador Miller will be receiving the 
Alexander B. Chernyk Medal for outstanding leadership and deep 
commitment to US-Ukraine affairs, presented by my constituents in the 
Greater Philadelphia Area. As the Co-Chair of the Congressional 
Ukrainian Caucus, I would like to thank Ambassador Miller for his many 
years of service and dedication to this cause.
  With an education from Williams College, Oxford and Harvard, 
Ambassador Miller entered the Foreign Service in 1959, serving five 
years in Iran before transitioning back to Washington as a line officer 
and in the office of Secretary of State Dean Rusk. In the years to 
follow, he served as a foreign policy and defense adviser to Senator 
John Sherman Cooper, and held the position of Associate Dean and 
Professor of International Politics of the Fletcher School of Law and 
Diplomacy at Tufts University. In 1986, Ambassador Miller returned to 
Washington as President of the American Committee on United States-
Soviet Relations, where his position admitted him to travel frequently 
throughout the Soviet Union, obtaining direct knowledge of the 
monumental changes taking place in the region.

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  Between 1993 and 1998, Mr. Miller served as United States Ambassador 
to Ukraine under President Bill Clinton. As Ambassador, he was a 
supporter and witness to some of the most fundamental transformations 
of the Ukrainian State, including the ratification of Ukraine's 
Constitution. To this day, Ambassador Miller still promotes peace and 
stability in Ukraine through his work as a Senior Public Policy Scholar 
at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
  On behalf of my colleagues on the Caucus, I want to thank Ambassador 
William Green Miller for his lifetime of international diplomatic 
accomplishments, and his help in forging the steadfast US-Ukraine 
relationship that has lasted and will continue to last for decades to 
come.

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