[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 121 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. RES. 121
Honoring the life of Washington Post columnist and Atlantic Monthly
editor Michael Kelly, and expressing the deepest condolences of the
Senate to his family on his death.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 11, 2003
Mr. McConnell submitted the following resolution; which was considered
and agreed to
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RESOLUTION
Honoring the life of Washington Post columnist and Atlantic Monthly
editor Michael Kelly, and expressing the deepest condolences of the
Senate to his family on his death.
Whereas the Senate has learned with sadness of the death of columnist and editor
Michael Kelly;
Whereas Michael Kelly, a native of Washington, D.C., greatly distinguished
himself as a newspaper reporter, political columnist, writer, and
magazine editor;
Whereas Michael Kelly was embedded with the Third Infantry Division of the
United States Army in Iraq to record history from the perspective of the
soldiers on the field of battle;
Whereas Michael Kelly distinguished himself early in his career as a reporter
for the Cincinnati Post, Baltimore Sun, New York Times, and the New
Yorker;
Whereas Michael Kelly served as editor of the National Journal and New Republic;
Whereas Michael Kelly was most recently a columnist for the Washington Post and
the editor of the Atlantic Monthly, which under his stewardship was
awarded three National Magazine Awards last year;
Whereas Michael Kelly's political columns represent a major contribution to
American political discourse;
Whereas Michael Kelly's reporting during the Persian Gulf War of 1991 was
published as a book entitled ``Martyr's Day'';
Whereas Michael Kelly was a devoted husband to his wife, Madelyn, a proud father
to his sons, Tom and Jack, and a dutiful son to his parents, Thomas and
Marguerite Kelly; and
Whereas Michael Kelly's wit, acumen, intellect, patriotism, and passion will be
forever remembered by his friends, colleagues, and the countless
strangers whose lives he touched with his powerful writings: Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate--
(1) pays tribute to the outstanding career and memorable
writings of Michael Kelly;
(2) expresses its deepest condolences to his family; and
(3) directs the Secretary of the Senate to direct an
enrolled copy of this resolution to the family of Michael
Kelly.
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