[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 106 (Monday, June 25, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E907-E908]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                COMMEMORATING THE LIFE OF FRANK CARLUCCI

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                            HON. DEVIN NUNES

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 25, 2018

  Mr. NUNES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today along with my colleagues, Mr. 
Costa, Mr. Valadao, and Mr. Calvert, to celebrate the life of Frank 
Carlucci, who died earlier this month at the age of 87. Born on October 
18, 1930, Mr. Carlucci served the United States under four Presidential 
administrations. He joined the Foreign Service in 1956 and served the 
State Department abroad for 12 years in South Africa, the Congo, 
Zanzibar, and Brazil.
  Mr. Carlucci returned to Washington in 1969 and held positions such 
as deputy director, then director, of the Office of Economic 
Opportunity; deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget; 
and deputy director of the Department of Health, Education, and 
Welfare.
  Mr. Carlucci served as United States Ambassador to Portugal in the 
1970s, during which he gave crucial support to democratic forces as 
they thwarted a communist-backed coup attempt in 1975. He also designed 
health and housing programs for the U.S. Agency for International 
Development.
  Upon his return in 1978 from Portugal, President Jimmy Carter named 
Mr. Carlucci deputy CIA director, where he took control of the day-to-
day operations of the agency. Following his tenure at the CIA, he 
became deputy defense secretary in 1981 at the Pentagon.
  Mr. Carlucci entered the private sector for a few years in the 1980s 
but returned to public life when President Ronald Reagan named him 
National Security Advisor in 1986. A year later, President Reagan named 
Mr. Carlucci Secretary of Defense. At the Department of Defense, he 
presided over $33 billion in budget cuts while maintaining strength 
abroad toward the end of the Cold War.
  Mr. Carlucci retired from public service in 1989 to join the Carlyle 
Group. He later became its chairman.
  Mr. Carlucci leaves behind his wife Marcia McMillan Myers, three 
children, and six grandchildren.
  Frank Carlucci had an illustrious career as a public servant to the 
United States, and his profound impact on foreign policy and national 
security will be long remembered.

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