[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9475]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         IN HONOR OF DAN PARKER

  (Mr. BROWN of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BROWN of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, last Friday, a constituent 
of mine, Mr. Daniel Parker, was struck down during his service in Iraq.
  Mr. Parker, a dedicated Halliburton employee and retired teacher at a 
Border Patrol Academy in Charleston, was en route to Baghdad 
International Airport in a military convoy when an improvised explosive 
detonated near his vehicle.
  Dan, a veteran of two tours in Vietnam, selflessly braved the 
perilous environment of a war zone and helped establish a peaceful and 
productive democracy in the Middle East. Civilian workers like Dan are 
the unsung heroes in pursuit of stability in Iraq.
  With the deaths this past week of Dan and other civilians, we have 
been tragically exposed to the deadly hazards that these courageous 
American employees encounter during their daily work abroad.
  Working alongside coalition troops and the Iraqi people, civilian 
contractors work tirelessly to improve the quality of life of strangers 
by helping to provide the simple resources that we in America most 
often take for granted: electric power, clean water, and public 
schools.
  Dan Parker was an innocent victim of the treacherous conditions that 
Americans continue to endure in Iraq. His sacrifice and the sacrifice 
of others like him will not soon be forgotten.
  My thoughts and prayers are with Dan and his family.

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