[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 16162]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             TRIBUTE TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL MARK A. SCHRAMEK

 Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I am pleased to congratulate Lt. 
Col. Mark A. Schramek on the occasion of his retirement from the U.S. 
Air Force after more than 20 years of service. A native of Duluth, MN, 
he has served our country with distinction both at home and abroad.
  An intelligence officer by training, Lieutenant Colonel Schramek has 
held a number of important operational and headquarters assignments. In 
2009, he became a Congressional liaison officer for the U.S. Air Force, 
a demanding and important position within the Department of Defense. As 
a Congressional liaison officer, he developed and implemented effective 
legislative strategies and supported some of the most important 
programs to the Department of Defense.
  Having worked with Lieutenant Colonel Schramek over the past few 
years, I am pleased to commend him for his distinguished service to our 
country. I wish him and his family the very best as they begin the next 
chapter of their lives.

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