[Congressional Record: May 12, 2011 (Senate)]
[Page S2969-S2970]




  RECOGNIZING THE DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY ON ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Intelligence
Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 86, and
the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk
will report the resolution by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 86) recognizing the Defense
     Intelligence Agency on its 50th Anniversary.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the
resolution.
  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the
preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table
with no

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intervening action or debate, and any statements be printed in the
Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 86) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                               S. Res. 86

       Whereas, the Defense Intelligence Agency was created in
     1961 as the United States lead military intelligence
     organization, approved by Secretary of Defense Robert
     McNamara on July 5, 1961, and activated on October 1, 1961;
       Whereas, with military and civilian employees worldwide,
     the Defense Intelligence Agency produces military
     intelligence to warfighters and policymakers in the
     Department of Defense and the intelligence community, to
     support United States military planning, operations, and
     weapon systems acquisition;
       Whereas the Defense Intelligence Agency possesses a diverse
     and expeditionary workforce that conducts all-source
     analysis, intelligence collection, and information technology
     infrastructure support around the world;
       Whereas the Defense Intelligence Agency plays a critical
     role within the Department of Defense, the combatant
     commands, the intelligence community, and the Defense
     Intelligence Enterprise through the Defense Attache System,
     Defense Counterintelligence and HUMINT Center, National
     Defense Intelligence College, National Media Exploitation
     Center, and National Center for Credibility Assessment;
       Whereas the Defense Intelligence Agency leads the defense
     all-source analytic community including the Directorate for
     Analysis and four specialized centers known as the
     Underground Facility Analysis Center, the National Center for
     Medical Intelligence, the Joint Intelligence Task Force-
     Combating Terrorism, and the Missile and Space Intelligence
     Center, as well as synchronizes the analytic efforts of the
     Army National Ground Intelligence Center, Office of Naval
     Intelligence, Air Force National Air and Space Intelligence
     Center, Marine Corps Intelligence Activity, and ten United
     States combatant command intelligence centers;
       Whereas the Defense Intelligence Agency has throughout its
     history provided intelligence support to United States policy
     makers and military commanders in both war and peacetime
     during significant national security events including the
     Cuban Missile Crisis, the Vietnam conflict, the Cold War and
     its aftermath, operations against state-sponsored terrorist
     organizations, Operation Desert Storm, and in support of
     United States military and coalition operations in Somalia,
     the former Yugoslavia, and Haiti;
       Whereas, since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001,
     the men and women of the Defense Intelligence Agency have
     worked diligently to deter, detect, and prevent acts of
     terror by providing intelligence support to United States and
     coalition forces in support of the Global War on Terror,
     Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, and Operation
     Iraqi Freedom; and
       Whereas the Defense Intelligence Agency and subordinate
     organizations within the Agency have been awarded seven Joint
     Meritorious Unit Awards reflecting the distinctive
     accomplishments of the personnel assigned to the Defense
     Intelligence Agency: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) congratulates the men and women of the Defense
     Intelligence Agency on the occasion of the Agency's 50th
     Anniversary;
       (2) honors the heroic sacrifice of the employees of the
     Defense Intelligence Agency who have given their lives, or
     have been wounded or injured, in the service of the United
     States during the past 50 years; and
       (3) expresses gratitude to all the men and women of the
     Defense Intelligence Agency for their past and continued
     efforts to provide timely and accurate intelligence support
     to deliver overwhelming advantage to our warfighters, defense
     planners, and defense and national security policymakers in
     the defense and security of the United States.

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