[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 12720-12721]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  HONORING THE LIFE OF ROBERT HAMILTON

  (Mr. COURTNEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COURTNEY. Mr. Speaker, southeastern Connecticut last Friday 
suffered a terrible loss with the sudden passing of Bob Hamilton, a 
long time military affairs reporter for the New London Day.
  Over the years, Bob covered the Groton sub base and earned a well-
deserved reputation for accuracy, intelligence, and fairness. And that 
is the reason why the U.S. Navy selected him as the first reporter to 
be on a combat submarine in the opening days of Operation Enduring 
Freedom, when the opening salvo of tomahawk missiles brought down the 
Taliban regime.
  In the last few years, Bob has been director of communications at 
Electric Boat shipyard, and was part of the team effort to boost 
submarine shipbuilding that resulted in the largest contract in the 
Navy to build Virginia class submarines, at two submarines a year.
  Again, he passed away suddenly last Friday, leaving his wife, 
Kathryn, and three children, a terrible loss.

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  I would ask the Chamber to join me in expressing condolences to 
Kathryn, and salute the great example that Bob set in terms of good 
journalism, great advocacy for the national defense, and for being an 
outstanding human being.

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