[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Pages 5097-5098]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       REMEMBERING MARGO CARLISLE

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, yesterday was a sad day for me because it 
was the day when friends and family of Margo Carlisle, my former chief 
of staff, gathered to bid her farewell.
  Margo worked faithfully in a number of positions of responsibility 
here in

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the Senate. She was the first female staff director of the Senate 
Republican Conference, under the chairmanship of former Senator Jim 
McClure of Idaho. She was my chief of staff from 1991 to 1997. All who 
worked with her here know of her respect and appreciation for the 
Senate, and her conscientious devotion to our great country.
  She served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs 
from 1986 to 1989, and at that time, she was one of the highest ranking 
women in the Department of Defense. She received the Distinguished 
Public Service Medal in recognition of her outstanding performance of 
duty in this important office.
  She also served as vice president of the Heritage Foundation, 
president of the Philadelphia Society, and was a member of the board of 
the Marine Corps University in Quantico and the Washington Home 
Hospice.
  She is survived by her husband of 45 years, Miles; and two children, 
Mary ``Nisi'' Hamilton of Bethesda and Tristram Coffin Carlisle of 
Alexandria. We extend to them our sincerest condolences.

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