[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 18]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 26188]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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                     HONORING GENERAL ANTHONY ZINNI

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                         HON. JOSEPH M. HOEFFEL

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, December 4, 2000

  Mr. HOEFFEL. Mr. Speaker, today I congratulate General Anthony Zinni 
on receiving the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce Outstanding 
Citizen Award.
  Gen. Zinni is a native of Conshohocken in Montgomery County, 
Pennsylvania and retired in July after 39 years of service in the 
Marine Corps. The General joined the Marine Corps in 1961 after 
graduating from Villanova University with a degree in economics. In 
addition to earning a bachelor's degree, Gen. Zinni holds a masters in 
international relations and management and supervision.
  Gen. Zinni has held numerous command and staff assignments that 
include platoon, company, battalion and expeditionary force units. He 
has also been a tactics and operations instructor at several Marine 
Corps schools and colleges and was selected as a fellow on the Chief of 
Naval Operations Strategic Studies Group. General Zinni's joint 
assignments include command of a joint task force and a unified 
command. He has also had several joint and combined staff billets at 
task force and unified command levels.
  During his distinguished career as a Marine, General Zinni served in 
the Mediterranean, Caribbean, Western Pacific, European and Korean 
headquarters. He supervised a number of security operations including 
Operation Provide Hope in the Soviet Union, Operations Restore Hope, 
Continue Hope and United Shield in Somalia as well as more than a dozen 
anti-terrorist operations in the Central Command. He also commanded 
major noncombatant evacuations in Liberia, Zaire and Sierra Leone and 
participated in presidential diplomatic missions in Somalia, Pakistan 
and Ethiopia.
  It is an honor and privilege to recognize General Anthony Zinni for 
the extraordinary service and leadership he has provided to the 
citizens of the United States of America. I applaud the Montgomery 
County Chamber of Commerce in choosing such a deserving man for 
Outstanding Citizen of the Year.

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