[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 211 (Tuesday, December 7, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1320-E1321]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  HONORING COMMANDER DAVID H. MILLNER

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                          HON. ELISSA SLOTKIN

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 7, 2021

  Ms. SLOTKIN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor an essential member 
of our team that worked to receive vulnerable Afghans when they arrived 
in Albania, Commander David Millner.
  Commander Millner has served our nation honorably as a Navy officer 
for 19 years. In 2007, while attending the Naval Postgraduate School, 
he was recognized with the Admiral B.R. Inman Award for outstanding 
contribution to the field of maritime intelligence. He currently serves 
as the Senior Defense Officer and Attache at our Embassy in Tirana, 
where he's responsible for liaising between our armed forces and his 
Albanian counterparts, which was instrumental as we coordinated the 
arrival of our group of Afghan refugees.
  Simply put, the success of our mission depended on tireless 
commitment and devotion to the cause. Commander Millner spent long 
hours alongside Ambassador Kim to ensure that everything would proceed 
smoothly. He was there, on the tarmac, to help receive our group of 
evacuees when they first landed on Albanian soil. For his hard work and 
commitment during our mission, I am forever indebted to him.
  As a career naval officer, Commander Millner would tell you that it's 
essential that

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when we ask our allies to fight for us, it comes with the understanding 
that we will be there for them when they need it too. It's why he would 
tell you that his work to receive and shelter Afghans is simply our way 
of upholding the American handshake. We stand krah per krah, or side to 
side, with them, no matter the mission or the challenge.
  Madam Speaker, I rise to honor Commander David Millner for his 
willingness to go above and beyond the call of duty in our effort to 
evacuate Afghan allies from Kabul and support them in their new life. 
For representing the best of our nation as he worked and for working 
around the clock to expedite requests and assist those who were in 
danger of losing life and limb,--may they stand as a tribute to his 
dedicated service when the moment called for it most.

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