[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 18880]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                    IN HONOR OF MR. NATHAN BEDROSIAN

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 30, 1999

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor and recognition of 
Mr. Nathan Bedrosian, a student from Ohio's 10th district. Mr. 
Bedrosian has recently been announced as one of the National Security 
Education Program's Undergraduate Scholarship and Graduate Fellows for 
the 1999-2000 academic year. The National Security Education Program, 
which was established in 1992, was created to increase U.S. citizens' 
understanding of different world cultures, to increase international 
cooperation and security and to strengthen U.S. economic 
competitiveness. The National Security Education Program fellows study 
those languages and areas of the world most critical to future U.S. 
national security.
  Mr. Bedrosian was selected from a rigorous national-merit based 
competition made up of a pool of hundreds of well qualified applicants. 
Aside from traveling to Japan, where he will be studying. Mr. Bedrosian 
will participate in the National Security Education Program's Federal 
service requirement. All National Security Education Program award 
recipients have agreed to seek work in the Federal Government in an 
organization with national security responsibilities. In the past, the 
program has placed award recipients in various positions throughout the 
Federal sector, including: Departments of Commerce, Defense, State, and 
Treasury; NASA, USAID, USIA, and the Intelligence Community.
  Mr. Bedrosian will no doubt be a fine addition to any one of these 
organizations. He should be congratulated on his accomplishment.

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