[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 23636]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          TRIBUTE TO MITRE CORPORATION IN HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA

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                    HON. ROBERT E. (BUD) CRAMER, JR.

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, September 5, 2007

  Mr. CRAMER. Madam Speaker, 5 years ago I rose to thank the MITRE 
Corporation for nearly two decades of outstanding work in Huntsville, 
Alabama. Today, I proudly rise once again to congratulate its employees 
on their 25th anniversary in our community.
  MITRE operates federally funded research and development centers that 
provide government agencies with systems engineering, research and 
development, and information technology support. MITRE first opened its 
office in Huntsville in 1982 with only one employee, but has steadily 
grown to 56 employees.
  MITRE has provided objective expertise, analysis, and support to the 
Army's Aviation and Missile Defense Command, the Missile Defense 
Agency, NASA, and other programs at Redstone Arsenal and throughout 
North Alabama. MITRE's Huntsville site is the Corporation's primary 
center of expertise for the Department of Defense's Battle Management 
Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence (BM/C3I) program.
  On Monday, August 13, 2007, the employees of MITRE gathered to 
celebrate their 25th anniversary in North Alabama. I rise today to join 
in their celebration and wish them many more years of success.

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