[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 22765]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 HONORING SENIOR SPECIAL AGENT AND RETIRED LIEUTENANT COLONEL KRAIG E. 
                                HANKINS

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                            HON. GEOFF DAVIS

                              of kentucky

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 25, 2009

  Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Senior 
Special Agent and retired Lieutenant Colonel Kraig E. Hankins, a 
resident of Ashland, Kentucky.
  After more than thirty years of Federal service, Senior Special Agent 
Hankins is retiring from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and 
Explosives to accept the position of Operations Officer and Training 
Manager with the Tri-State Airport Authority in Huntington, West 
Virginia.
  Senior Special Agent Hankins began his federal investigative career 
in Columbia, South Carolina, and has since held a number of positions 
both domestically and abroad.
  He has served as a senior instructor and Chief of the Academy 
Operations Branch at the ATF National Academy in Glynco, Georgia. 
Senior Special Agent Hankins has also held positions in ATF Field 
Offices in New Hampshire, Guam, and most recently, in Ashland, 
Kentucky, where he worked with bomb squads and investigators throughout 
the Commonwealth as a Certified Explosives Specialist.
  In 2008, Senior Special Agent Hankins retired from the USAF Reserve 
as a Lieutenant Colonel after thirty-four years of service. He served 
in Operation Enduring Freedom as the Senior Designated Military 
Officer, Office for the Administrative Review of Detention of Enemy 
Combatants at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
  Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in applauding Senior 
Special Agent Hankins for his distinguished career and offer our thanks 
for his service and sacrifice. I wish him and his family all the best 
as they enter this new chapter of their lives.

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