September 23, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1701 both sides of the aisle to work with me on reunited at the football game where the troop numbers and counterinsurgency tac- these matters in a reasonable way. Carrollton Yellow Jackets defeated the Hutch- tics.’’ ins Tigers by a score of 13–6. I believe this book should be required read- f ing for you and your team at the Pentagon. In 1937, Carrollton High School changed Ambassador Tomsen is ready and willing to CONGRATULATING CELADON their mascot from the Yellow Jackets to the GROUP, INC. lend his expertise to this important effort Lions. In 1962, to accommodate the growth in and I again ask that you or your staff meet the area, Carrollton High School moved from with him. HON. TODD ROKITA the two-story, red brick building on Beltline Leon, I renew my call that you use your discretion as secretary and create the Af/Pak OF INDIANA Road to its current location on Josey Lane. In the same year, Carrollton High School Study Group. We owe it to the men and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES women serving and the families and spouses Friday, September 23, 2011 changed its name to R.L. Turner in honor of at home to ensure we have the correct strat- Superintendent Robert Leon Turner. egy. After 10 years of fighting, it is time to Mr. ROKITA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to R.L. Turner High School has received a have a fresh set of eyes examine U.S. strat- recognize and congratulate an important mem- number of distinguished awards over its rich egy. Far from a sign of weakness, creating ber of Indiana’s business community. history. In the 1990–1991 school year, the an independent Af/Pak study group would Mr. Stephen Russell founded Celadon high school was honored with the Blue Ribbon show the nation that we are doing every- Group, Inc., in 1985, and under his leadership, National School of Excellence. In the 2000– thing possible to achieve our goals in this re- Celadon has grown to become one of the Na- 2001 and 2009–2010 school years, the high gion. tion’s largest trucking and transportation man- I would welcome the chance to speak with school achieved a Recognized Rating for its you on this matter. agement companies. Celadon currently oper- academics from the Texas Education Agency. Best wishes, ates approximately 3,100 tractors and 9,000 And in 2010, R.L. Turner was ranked as the Sincerely, trailers and serves over 2,000 customers. top school in the district on Newsweek’s list of FRANK R. WOLF, Celadon employs nearly 4,000 people and is America’s Best High Schools. Member of Congress. the largest transportation company based in Since the first class graduated in 1912, ap- CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, Indiana. Mr. Russell serves on several indus- proximately 50,000 students have passed try, education, and community boards; includ- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, through this exceptional institution. I am very Washington, DC, September 15, 2011. ing on the American Trucking Associations, proud of R.L. Turner and its century-long com- The Hon. LEON PANETTA, Inc. Board, Cornell University Johnson Grad- mitment to educational excellence. On behalf Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of De- uate School of Management Board, and as of the 24th Congressional District of Texas, I fense, The Pentagon, Washington DC. Chairman of the Board of Governors of the In- ask my colleagues to join me in congratulating DEAR SECRETARY PANETTA: It was good to dianapolis Museum of Art. R.L. Turner on its 100-year anniversary. be with you at the Pentagon on Sunday to honor the lives lost there 10 years ago in the Mr. Russell was one of four laureates in- f ducted into the Central Indiana Business Hall 9/11 attacks. I want to congratulate you on a of Fame on February 17, 2011. Established by CORRESPONDENCE WITH DEFENSE moving ceremony that showed reverence to the Pentagon employees and the passengers the Junior Achievement Board of Directors in SECRETARY PANETTA ON THE of American Flight 77 that perished on that 1989, the Central Indiana Business Hall of AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN STUDY awful morning. I appreciated your comments fame honors men and women who epitomize GROUP and those of Admiral Mullen. Several of my success in the business world and use their constituents died at the Pentagon and the success to improve the quality of life of their HON. FRANK R. WOLF first U.S. service member killed in Afghani- stan was my constituent. I thank you and all fellow citizens and surrounding communities. OF VIRGINIA I congratulate him on all his hard work and those who have served in public office and in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES success which has been honored with the in- uniform in the 10 years we have waged war Friday, September 23, 2011 against global terrorism. duction into the Central Indiana Business Hall As I waited for the program to begin on of Fame. I would like to thank is family for Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, I submit my cor- Sunday, I saw you and former Defense Sec- selflessly supporting Mr. Russell in his long respondence with the administration on my retary Rumsfeld and was struck by a vivid and accomplished career as a business and call for an Afghanistan/Pakistan Study Group. memory from 2005 of the events surrounding community leader in Central Indiana. I am My letters to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta the Iraq war. We were three years into the proud to honor Mr. Russell in recognition of of August 31, 2011, and September 15, 2011, war, the security situation in Iraq was dete- his leadership and service to his family, em- riorating, and our soldiers were dying every follow: day. As a member of Congress who voted to ployees, and community. CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, send our troops to fight, I believed I had the f HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, added responsibility to make sure the ad- Washington, DC, August 31, 2011. ministration was receiving the best advice 100-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF R.L. Hon. LEON PANETTA, possible on our Iraq strategy. TURNER HIGH SCHOOL Secretary of Defense, The Pentagon, So I proposed creating the Iraq Study Washington, DC. Group (ISG) made up of experts outside gov- HON. KENNY MARCHANT DEAR SECRETARY PANETTA: I know you ernment to bring what I called ‘‘fresh eyes’’ care deeply about the men and women in on the target. Secretary Rumsfeld, General OF TEXAS uniform fighting in Afghanistan. That’s why Pace, Secretary Rice, and NSC Chairman IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I am disappointed that no one from your Hadley all came to see the value in the ISG. Friday, September 23, 2011 staff has contacted former Ambassador Peter By your participation, I think it is fair to Tomsen, an expert on Afghanistan, to meet say you also saw its benefit, and I greatly Mr. MARCHANT. Mr. Speaker, it is with with him, as I requested in my letter to you appreciated your outstanding service on the great pride that I rise to celebrate the 100-year of August 1 (enclosed). bipartisan panel. You and the other Demo- anniversary of R.L. Turner High School. As a Ambassador Tomsen’s new book, The Wars cratic members who gave your time during a graduate of R.L. Turner, I am honored to rec- of Afghanistan, is receiving positive reviews, Republican administration exemplified the ognize this school as a significant part of the including the enclosed review in the recent true meaning of service to your country. edition of Foreign Affairs. The review praises We are now into the 10th year of fighting City of Carrollton’s history. the book as providing an in depth description in Afghanistan and the challenges we face In the fall of 1911, Carrollton High School of the social structure of Afghanistan and there continue. In 2001, I was the first mem- had its first class of three students. In 1915, the mistakes repeated by numerous foreign ber of Congress, along with Rep. Joe Pitts, to a two-story, red brick building was constructed countries that have tried to help establish visit Afghanistan after the U.S. invasion, for the high school. When the high school military and political cohesion in the coun- against the wishes of the Defense Depart- changed locations, the building became try. The review states, ‘‘Whether one agrees ment. We saw firsthand the devastation that DeWitt Perry Junior High. The junior high with Tomsen, however, there is no denying the Taliban had visited on Kabul as well as school was named after DeWitt Clinton Perry, that his descriptions of Afghanistan’s soci- the remnants of the U.S. Embassy that was ety and politics are a valuable foundation for abandoned in 1979. I have also traveled to who donated the land to the city for the origi- any discussion of how the country should be Pakistan and seen the difficulties that coun- nal high school. governed. * * * Given Tomsen’s track try faces combating the Afghan Taliban and The first Homecoming Day celebration was record, Americans should give a respectful other terror groups. Despite the current con- held on Friday, November 17, 1933. Former hearing to his call for a thorough policy re- ditions, all my experience in this region tells students from as far back as the original class formulation—something beyond tweaks to me that success is possible if we formulate

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The parish later added a sister’s resi- tified U.S. and NATO compounds just this 1911, under the inspiration of Dr. Sun Yat- dence in 1934, built a new school in 1950, week. The Taliban still finds safe haven in Sen, the Republic of China began by throwing erected a new church in 1955 and new rectory the tribal wilderness of Pakistan and the ISI off the bonds of the Wuchang dynasty in order in 1968. In 1990, a new social hall and gym- actively funds terrorist groups. to create the first Republic in Asia. This year nasium were constructed and named Rappe Given these and other concerns on the the Republic of China (Taiwan) celebrates the Hall, in honor of Bishop Amadeus Rappe. ground in Afghanistan, I continue to be puz- centennial of its National Independence Day, zled why you, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Most recently, in 2001, St. Michael completed also known as ‘‘Double Ten Day’’. an interior renovation of the current church on Secretary Clinton are not supporting the Af/ The United States and Taiwan not only Pak Study Group idea in the same manner Chestnut Road. that Secretary Rumsfeld and other Bush ad- share a similar story of self-determination but The St. Michael congregation will celebrate ministration officials supported the ISG. we continue to maintain a strong and vital its 160th anniversary in conjunction with the Having the experience of serving on the ISG friendship. The people of Taiwan have made annual Feast of St. Michael. This year’s cele- and now serving as Secretary of Defense with clear through the years, their appreciation and bration will include an Oktoberfest dinner, ar- a Democratic president (who I acknowledge gratitude for the support the United States has cade games, and donations will be collected inherited the war in Afghanistan), you are in provided Taiwan through the decades. This for both the St. Michael School Student Coun- a unique position to make this group a re- friendship has been evidenced through invest- cil’s ‘‘Jeans for January’’ drive and St. Vincent ality. The authorization and funding for the ment and economic development, through cul- Af/Pak Study Group in the House-passed De- DePaul Society’s Food Pantry. fense Appropriations bill gives you the au- tural and social exchanges, and even through Mr. Speaker and colleagues, please join me thority to create this group today. the military support shared between our two in honoring the 160 years of service that St. I have to tell you that I continue to be dis- peoples. Taiwan has stood with the United Michael Catholic Church has provided to the appointed that your staff has yet to contact States to combat global terrorism; and the parishioners of Independence, Ohio. former Ambassador Peter Tomsen to discuss people of Taiwan have always given gener- f his book, The Wars of Afghanistan. His book ously in our greatest times of need. Through- provides insightful information on the tribal out the past ten decades we have become not PERSONAL EXPLANATION structure of both Afghanistan and Pakistan just allies, but great friends. and the political allegiances that underlie As the Republic of China (Taiwan) enters ´ all actions in the region. I believe his knowl- HON. ANDRE CARSON into her second century of democracy, it is just edge and experience in this region would be OF INDIANA as important that the United States stand with invaluable in formatting future policy in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES South Asia. I respectfully ask again, please her 23 million citizens to face the challenges take advantage of his work and meet with of the next hundred years. Surely there will be Friday, September 23, 2011 him as soon as possible. struggles, political and economic, at home and Mr. CARSON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, due Leon, I don’t have the answers on Afghani- abroad. As we continue to engage other na- to a previous commitment, I unavoidably stan. Perhaps current U.S. strategy is the tions around the globe, we must remember missed two votes. Had I been present, I would best way forward. But we owe it to the men that in our Taiwanese friends we have a na- and women in uniform who have served and have voted ‘‘nay’’ on passage of rollcall 725, continue to serve there—some paying the ul- tion ready to stand with us in the effort to pro- and ‘‘nay’’ on passage of rollcall 726. timate sacrifice—to know definitively. I con- mote freedom, tolerance, and democracy. f tinue to believe that fresh eyes from outside On this very special day, the United States government focused on assessing the situa- joins with the Taiwanese people to recognize REED COLLEGE CENTENNIAL tion is the prudent action to take. I ask that the sacrifice of those who made Double Ten you take the advice of those who support an Day possible so many years ago, and we reaf- HON. EARL BLUMENAUER Af/Pak Study Group, including Jim Dobbins, firm that our friendship remains steadfast. I OF OREGON General Charles Krulak, Ryan Crocker, who ask my colleagues to please join me in ex- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I spoke with prior to his appointment as am- tending to President Ma Ying-jeou the good bassador to Afghanistan, and other promi- Friday, September 23, 2011 nent Americans with experience in this re- wishes of the United States House of Rep- gion. resentatives on this centennial anniversary. Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, this year I believe it would be a sign of strength to f one of the nation’s top liberal arts colleges in appoint a study group and let the American the heart of my Congressional District in Port- IN HONOR OF THE 160TH ANNIVER- people know that the administration is will- land, Oregon is celebrating its centennial. SARY OF ST. MICHAEL CHURCH ing to examine all possible policies to Reed College began its first classes in 1911 achieve a successful outcome in this trou- with 50 students—26 men and 24 women— bled region. HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH Best wishes. and five faculty members and has grown to OF OHIO 1,400 students and 135 faculty. Committed to Sincerely, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FRANK R. WOLF, intellectual rigours and academic freedom, Member of Congress. Friday, September 23, 2011 Reed has served as a groundbreaking model f Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in for liberal arts colleges over the past 100 honor of the 160th anniversary of St. Michael years. CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF Catholic Church in Independence, Ohio. Reed’s commitment to academic excellence THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA (TAI- St. Michael Catholic Church was founded in is reflected in the student body and faculty. All WAN) 1851 when Bishop Amadeus Rappe commis- students are expected to complete an original sioned Father Nicholas Roupp to begin cele- work in a major subject area—a senior thesis. HON. DAN BURTON brating Mass in Independence, Ohio. There A higher percentage of Reed graduates go on OF INDIANA had recently been an influx in the area of to earn Ph.Ds across fields than do graduates IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Catholic Swiss and German immigrants. After of all but three other U.S. colleges and univer- operating for several decades as a mission sities. Students regularly win Fulbright, Wat- Friday, September 23, 2011 church, in 1888, the Cleveland Catholic Dio- son, National Science Foundation, and other Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, the cese raised the community to parochial status fellowships, and the faculty has received na- United States is familiar with its own stories of and Father Peter Scerer became St. Michael’s tional recognition for its commitment to teach- brave men and women who fought to break first pastor. After two pastors in just a couple ing. the bonds of tyranny and form a new democ- of years, St. Michael Parish reverted back to While ‘‘Reedies’’—as students call them- racy. The walls of this chamber and the sur- a mission and was served by the Jesuit Fa- selves—are widely known for studying—sleep- rounding Capitol complex remind us daily of thers of St. Mary Parish. ing—and studying some more, they engage in our proud history. But I want to share with you Throughout the 20th Century, St. Michael a broad range of campus and civic activities. today the story of another like minded group Parish experienced many renovations and ex- One such tradition dates back to 1913 and is

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