[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 2]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 2394]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           LOUISE DREUTH'S RETIREMENT FROM GOVERNMENT SERVICE

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                            HON. MIKE ROGERS

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, February 3, 2014

  Mr. ROGERS of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the 
accomplishments of Ms. Louise Dreuth. Louise is retiring from the 
federal government this month after more than 26 years of public 
service in the national security arena. She currently works in the 
Department of Defense as a senior congressional analyst in the Office 
of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence's Congressional 
Activities office.
  Although Louise originally hails from New York, she graduated from 
high school and college in Montgomery County, Maryland, and has been a 
longtime resident of Bethesda. Since she entered the work force, Louise 
has had a varied and distinguished career, having worked in both the 
legislative branch and executive branch at different times. Notably, 
Louise began her government service as a Professional Staff Member on 
The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence when the committee 
was first established in 1977. No doubt those were interesting and 
challenging times, as the new committee worked to establish ongoing 
oversight of the Intelligence Community. As a Professional Staff Member 
on the HPSCI, Louise played a significant role helping the committee 
develop its authorization bills, performing research, and contributing 
to the critical mission of thorough oversight.
  Louise left the Committee in 1986 to work in the private sector for 
several years, but returned to the federal government in 1992 and 
joined the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), where she worked for 13 years 
in a number of increasingly challenging legislative and public affairs 
positions. Her work at MDA prepared her well to become the Chief of 
Communications for the Counterintelligence Field Activity (CIFA) when 
it was established in 2005. Shortly after CIFA was merged under the 
Defense Intelligence Agency in 2008, Louise joined the Office of the 
Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence (OUSDI), where she is now. 
She has handled a busy, high-profile portfolio of counterintelligence 
and security legislative issues in OUSDI's Congressional Activities 
office for the past five years.
  Most recently, Louise has led numerous congressional engagements 
related to the latest unauthorized disclosures of classified material. 
As so often was true during her career, Louise's role has been to 
advise intelligence professionals in the Department of Defense on how 
to communicate the impact of these leaks and what DoD and defense 
intelligence entities are doing to prevent future disclosures. Louise 
has also contributed to Congress's better understanding and oversight 
of these critical issues.
  At the conclusion of her impressive career as a national security and 
legislative affairs professional, Louise is looking forward to spending 
more leisurely days with her husband Mike, their little grandson Ben, 
and their adult children Josh and Beth. I know Louise has been a very 
devoted daughter to her mother, and will now be able to see her more 
frequently.
  And so, Mr. Speaker, I ask our colleagues to join me in honoring Ms. 
Louise Dreuth for her dedicated public service. Over the course of more 
than 26 years in legislative and public affairs positions within the 
federal government, she has advised many national security and 
intelligence professionals on how to communicate important, complex 
issues to Congress and the American public. She has made direct and 
significant contributions toward positive relations between the 
legislative and executive branches of our government. Louise has 
consistently brought great credit upon herself and every office in 
which she has worked. I thank her for her service and wish her all the 
best in her retirement.

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