[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 92 (Tuesday, June 5, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E761]
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                   CONGRATULATING THOMAS J. MIDDLETON

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                        HON. MICHAEL K. SIMPSON

                                of idaho

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 5, 2018

  Mr. SIMPSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Mr. Thomas J. 
Middleton on his retirement from the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) 
after 27 years of service. Since June of 1991, Mr. Middleton has held 
INL positions of increasing responsibility: physical security officer, 
physical security manager, safeguards and personnel security manager, 
protective force manager, Security and Emergency Services Division 
director, Facilities and Site Services deputy director and Laboratory 
Protection director.
  A graduate of Virginia Tech, Mr. Middleton received a Bachelor of 
Arts in liberal arts and science and is a martial artist with a third-
degree black belt in Taekwondo. Prior to working at INL, he served six 
years as a special agent with the U.S. State Department Bureau of 
Diplomatic Security. Before moving to Idaho, he was the assistant 
regional security officer for the American Embassy in Guatemala.
  Mr. Middleton completed his service to the Laboratory as the Director 
of Laboratory Protection, to which he had oversight of programs that 
secure critical national research facilities, and the development and 
deployment of applied nuclear science research assets. He also managed 
550-plus employees and a $110 million annual budget.
  Mr. Middleton's greatest joys are spending time in Idaho's great 
outdoors and with family. One of his greatest accomplishments was 
climbing the Grand Teton when he turned 50 years old.
  Mr. Middleton exemplifies qualities in knowledge and skills that have 
been essential to keeping the nation and INL strong and secure, and I 
thank him for his service.

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