[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10698]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                        COLONEL HUGO S. VALDIVIA

  (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to honor my congressional 
constituent, Colonel Hugo Valdivia, for his 25 years of service to our 
country in the United States Air Force.
  Tomorrow will be Colonel Valdivia's formal retirement at the Pentagon 
and I wanted us to show our gratitude for his years of dedication to 
our country.
  Colonel Valdivia had recently been at the Pentagon, where he had been 
hand-picked to serve as the Deputy Director for Information Warfare. He 
serves as the Air Force Advisor on the National Security Panels to the 
Defense Science Board and the Joint Chiefs of Staff's Quadrennial 
Review of military missions and forces structure.
  During his distinguished career, Colonel Valdivia has received 
numerous accolades, including being selected by the National Security 
Agency as a finalist in a worldwide competition for information 
security accomplishments.
  The Colonel has also been the Chief of the Information Assurance 
Division for the U.S. European Command. In addition, Colonel Valdivia 
was the Director for Computer Operations and Software Development for 
NORAD.
  Please join me in showing Colonel Valdivia our gratitude for his 
sterling service to our country. He joins us here today with his 
family.

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