[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17192]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



             TRIBUTE TO LIEUTENANT GENERAL TIMOTHY J. MAUDE

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                          HON. JOHN M. McHUGH

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 14, 2001

  Mr. McHUGH. Mr. Speaker, today I rise with a heavy heart to salute 
Lieutenant General Timothy J. Maude, the Army's deputy chief of staff 
of personnel, who is among the 74 Army personnel missing and presumed 
killed in the September 11th attack on the Pentagon.
  The horrible violence done to America by the terrorist attack of 
September 11th hits sharply home when we learn that good Americans, 
like Lieutenant General Timothy J. Maude, the Army's deputy chief of 
staff for personnel, have been lost in this senseless act of terror. 
Tim, as he invariably introduced himself, was on duty at the Pentagon 
when a terrorist-piloted aircraft slammed into his office. America's 
Army has lost a dedicated professional. A true friend to America's 
soldiers is gone. The nation will miss this patriot.
  I knew General Maude professionally, as he often testified before my 
Subcommittee on personnel policy matters. But I am certain the 
intensity, creativity, and commitment that marked his professional life 
were indicators of the quality of his heart and soul, as well. I know 
he will be deeply missed by the many who called him friend.
  From my perspective, when the Army chose him to be its senior 
military personnel specialist 13 months ago, Tim Maude was the right 
man to meet the challenges the Army faced. Then, the future of the all-
volunteer Army--active, Reserve, and National Guard--was seriously in 
question. Army recruiters were struggling to attract sufficient numbers 
of quality men and women, and recruiting advertising appeared 
increasingly ineffective. Understaffed Army divisions faced the 
challenge of having too few people to train properly, and the 
difficulty of dealing with increasingly more frequent deployments with 
an insufficient number of personnel. Pay was inadequate, and the Army 
appeared ill-positioned to effectively recruit America's future 
military heroes. Today, that bleak picture is dramatically changing for 
the better, in large part because Tim Maude found the methods, means, 
and support within the Army, the Department of Defense, and on Capitol 
Hill to turn things around.
  Throughout his 34-year Army career--from the day he enlisted to when 
he became the chief of personnel--Tim Maude served in a series of 
assignments that groomed him to successfully meet the Army's most 
complicated personnel challenges. His list of accomplishments is long. 
His contribution to the Army will be lasting. Quite simply, he made a 
difference.
  There are no words that can lessen the sorrow his family, friends, 
and colleagues are experiencing. It is always difficult to cope when 
someone is taken before their time, but the sense of loss is somehow 
amplified by the tragedy of these horrific circumstances. I hope that 
his family is comforted by the knowledge that he was admired, 
respected, and appreciated by all of us who knew him on Capitol Hill. 
Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in saluting General Maude. 
We will miss him.

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