[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 23]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 31821]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         RECOGNIZING THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF WILLIAM R. MOLZAHN

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                          HON. JAMES P. MORAN

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, November 15, 2007

  Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the 
accomplishments of Mr. William R. Molzahn for his service to the 
Department of the Navy as Deputy General Counsel to the Office of 
General Counsel. Mr. Molzahn will retire on January 3, 2008 upon having 
served 33 years of distinguished service. His tenure and record 
exemplifies the highest traditions of public service.
  Born in Chicago, Mr. Molzahn attended California State University, 
Fullerton, and received his Juris Doctorate from the University of 
California, Los Angeles. He began his career with the Department of the 
Navy's Office of General Counsel in 1974, and quickly distinguished 
himself as an outstanding young attorney. In 1986, he became a member 
of the Senior Executive Service, after which he served as Counsel to 
the Naval Space and Warfare Command and Counsel to the Naval Sea 
Systems Command.
  As the Deputy General Counsel and senior career civilian attorney for 
the Navy since 2000, Mr. Molzahn has expertly guided an organization of 
more than 600 attorneys. Among numerous other honors he has received 
throughout his career, he received a Presidential Rank of Meritorious 
Executive Award in 1997 and 2005 and a Presidential Rank of 
Distinguished Executive Award in 2002.
  Recently, Mr. Molzahn was integral in the creation of the Navy's 
Acquisition Integrity Office, the first consolidated program within the 
Department tasked with proactively investigating and protecting against 
procurement fraud and other unethical business practices. Also, his 
advisement on legal issues involving the interrogation and the 
treatment of foreign nationals detained at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base 
resulted in the revision of interrogation guidelines to reflect 
national and international legal and ethical norms.
  Serving a critical role in the revitalization of the Department of 
the Navy's intelligence oversight mechanisms, Mr. Molzahn was actively 
involved in transforming the Naval Criminal Investigative Service 
(NCIS) from a law enforcement agency to a premier counterterrorism, 
counterintelligence, and force protection organization.
  Throughout his career, Mr. Molzahn has been an agent for 
transformation. He has been adept at anticipating the need to realign 
legal offices and policies to support the Navy mission when needed. His 
peers trust his unparalleled legal acumen, personal integrity, and 
consummate professionalism; his supervisors view him as trusted and 
indispensable legal advisor.
  Madam Speaker, I commend Mr. Molzalm for his leadership, and I am 
proud to have him live in Virginia's 8th Congressional District. I ask 
my colleagues to join me in congratulating Mr. William R. Molzahn for 
his many years of exemplary service to the Department of the Navy, and 
our Nation. We wish him all the best in his retirement.

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