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Deputy Surgeon for Mobilization, Readiness 

and Reserve Affairs. 

While serving as the Commander of the 8th 

Medical Brigade, Major General Kasulke was 

selected to the Army Reserve Forces Policy 

Committee in Washington DC, and to the 

General Officer Medical Advisory Committee. 

Through these two prestigious committees, 

Major General Kasulke became the voice of 

the medical profession for the 77th Regional 

Support Command and the United States 

Army Reserve at the beginning of the Global 

War on Terrorism. 

Major General Kasulke instituted a highly 

successful Innovative Readiness Training program in support of an American Indian program named: Walking Shield American Indian 

Society. Operation Walking Shield deployed 

military doctors, dentists, nurses, and other 

medical personnel to various American Indian 

reservations to help address the serious 

health challenges that existed in those austere 

areas in five states over a period of five years. 

The soldiers deploying to these sites returned 

with enhanced skills in their medical field and 

with the knowledge they have served their nation in a unique and meaningful way. 

Major General Kasulke was also instrumental in creating a partnership with Kings 

County Medical Center, New York for a trauma training program which included the Jacobi 

Medical Center, New York. These partnerships 

proved to be an invaluable asset for training 

medical personnel for the type of trauma injuries those medical Soldiers would see within a 

combat theater of operations. The partnership 

augmented medical readiness of medical 

Army Reserve soldiers, and improved the 

training readiness of hundreds of medical personnel in the United States Army Reserve. 

While serving as the Deputy Surgeon General for Mobilization, Readiness and Reserve 

Affairs, Major General Kasulke was the Senior 

United States Army Reserve Medical Department Officer acting as the representative and 

advisor to the Army Surgeon General. During 

his tenure he was instrumental in improving 

the joint medical readiness of the United 

States Army Reserve and National Guard. 

Major General Kasulke influenced and enhanced Army Reserve medical unit readiness 

by developing and increasing the number of 

joint medical exercises which sought to build 

and develop clinical training programs for Reserve clinicians. Furthermore, he improved 

support to the Surgeon General by building a 

United States Army Reserve Medical Consultant Staff, which was the first ever for the Surgeon General’s office. 

Major General Kasulke’s career is culminating with his assignment as the Commander 

of the Army Reserve Medical Command, at 

the C. W. Bill Young Armed Forces Reserve 

Center in Pinellas Park, Florida. Here, Major 

General Kasulke was the driving force for the 

Reserve Component Soldier Medical Support 

Center. This program coupled with the Medical 

Management Activity rapidly evaluates permanent profiles of Soldiers across the Army Reserve. Under Major General Kasulke’s stewardship, over 3,300 medically not ready profiles were reviewed resulting in a cost savings 

of over $88 million, and directly returning over 

1,500 Soldiers back to duty. The Medical Management Activity also downgraded approximately 3,500 profiles which equates to $120 

million in cost savings returning Soldiers back 

to their formations in a ready and deployable 

status. 

In his civilian career, Major General Kasulke 

is a board certified vascular surgeon. He is 

also board certified in general surgery and 

quality assurance. He is certified in medical 

regulating and HIV medicine. He is also a 

founding member of the American Hospice Organization. He authored or co-authored several articles or chapters in numerous books 

and periodicals. He also serves as Assistant 

Editor for The Federal Practitioner and The 

Journal of Military Medicine for Vascular and 

General Surgery. Major General Kasulke 

serves as Chair, Director, or member for over 

seven community, county, or regional boards 

of directors. He also serves on five military associations and was most recently elected to 

serve as President for the Congress of the 

International Organization of Medical Reservists. 

The Army Medical Department, the United 

States Army, and the Nation will dearly miss 

one of its most respected and valued leaders 

as Major General Robert J. Kasulke retires. 

We will miss his humility, selflessness, candor 

and integrity. Major General Robert J. 

Kasulke’s exemplary leadership and selfless 

devotion to duty has touched fully over three 

generations of Soldiers and their Families. 

On behalf of a grateful Nation, I join my colleagues today in recognizing and commending 

Major General Robert J. Kasulke for a lifetime 

of service to his country. For all he and his 

family have given and continue to give to our 

country, we are in their debt. We wish him, his 

wife Catherine, daughter Kristen, and son Stephen, all the best in his retirement. 

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NORTH KOREA REFUGEE 

ADOPTION ACT OF 2011 

SPEECH OF

HON. CHRIS VAN HOLLEN OF MARYLAND

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, September 11, 2012 

Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Speaker, as a cosponsor of H.R. 1464, the North Korea Refugee Adoption Act of 2011, I rise to thank Mr. 

Royce and Ranking Member Berman for 

bringing this important bipartisan bill to the 

floor on September 11, 2012. 

This bill was introduced to assist North Korean children living ‘‘stateless’’ outside of that 

country who face starvation and neglect because they are neither North Korean citizens 

nor citizens of the country where they currently reside. There are many American families who would love to give a home to these 

orphans and refugee children if they could. 

This legislation will help make that process 

easier. 

The bill encourages the Homeland and 

State Departments to develop strategies to 

help reunite North Korean refugee children 

with their families or to facilitate the adoption 

of the children by citizens of South Korea, 

China or other countries. Many of these children have Chinese fathers and North Korean 

mothers but are not claimed by either parent, 

and being stateless, don’t have access to the 

resources of either country. This bill will help 

provide for their immediate care and begin the 

process of getting them settled. 

I am proud to support this bill and ask my 

colleagues to join me. 

LOCAL OLYMPIANS 

HON. MICHAEL F. DOYLE OF PENNSYLVANIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, September 12, 2012 

Mr. DOYLE. Mr. Speaker, I would like to 

congratulate and recognize the Pittsburghers 

who competed in the 2012 London Olympic 

Games. 

We are proud in Pittsburgh to be a city of 

champions with deep-rooted team spirit and 

winning traditions. These Olympians have 

reached the pinnacle of accomplishment in 

their sports, and today I would like to salute 

their unyielding pursuit of excellence. These 

hometown heroes embody the ambition, resilience, courage, and dogged work ethic that 

the people of Western Pennsylvania deeply 

admire. I would like to individually recognize 

each of these outstanding athletes. 

Cassidy Krug attended Montour High School 

and Stanford University, where she was unbeaten in diving dual meet competitions. The 

NCAA champion, three time All-American, and 

10-time national champion was coached by 

both of her parents—her father, the head diving coach at the University of Pittsburgh and 

her mother, a coach at the Pitt Aquatic Club 

team. She briefly retired before making a 

comeback to compete in diving in London, 

coming in 7th in the women’s 3m springboard. 

She now plans to pursue a career in writing. 

Trevor Barron of Bethel Park, a race-walking prodigy, studies computer science at Colorado College. He started suffering seizures 

from epilepsy at age 8 and underwent multiple 

brain surgeries to overcome them. Thankfully, 

he is now seizure-free, and throughout the trying episodes, Barron exhibited an extraordinary zeal to achieve greatness. Barron won 

the U.S. National Junior Olympics every year 

from 2003 to 2006. He set the American 

record in the men’s 20,000 meter race-walk at 

the 2012 Olympic trials. He finished 26th in 

London setting an American record in the 

event. 

Allison Schmitt, two-time Olympian and sixtime Olympic medalist hails from the city of 

Pittsburgh. She took bronze in the 4x200 

meter freestyle relay at her Olympic debut in 

Beijing. This time around she swam the anchor leg in two relays bringing home the 

bronze in the 4x100 meter freestyle relay and 

the gold in the 4x100 meter medley relay. She 

also won silver in the 400 meter freestyle and 

gold in the 200 meter freestyle. Schmitt, 

known for her fun-loving nature and infectious 

positive attitude, is headed back to the University of Georgia for her senior year. 

Swin Cash of McKeesport helped the U.S. 

basketball team to its fifth straight gold medal 

at the Olympics. The team is on a 41-game 

winning streak in the Olympics, usually winning by nearly 30 point margins. Cash played 

basketball for UConn, leading the Huskies to 

National Championships in 2000 and 2002, 

when she was named the Most Outstanding 

Player of the Final Four. The second pick in 

the 2002 WNBA draft, she was selected by 

the Detroit Shock, and led the team to its first 

WNBA Championship the following year. This 

is her second gold at the Olympics, as she 

also played on the 2004 U.S. team in Athens. 

Cash has graciously given back to the community in McKeesport through her charity 

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activities to encourage kids to ‘‘get in the 

game’’ on and off the court. 

Jake Herbert graduated from North Allegheny High School in Pittsburgh. The two-time 

NCAA Champion studied communications at 

Northwestern University, where he was the 

best wrestler in the school’s history. Herbert 

posted a perfect 34–0 record in his final season and a 149–4 career record, the fifth best 

percentage in NCAA history. He was a recipient of college wrestling’s top honor, the Hodge 

Trophy. Herbert went on to win silver at the 

2009 World Championships and to compete at 

the London Olympics, where he just missed 

out in the repechage on a shot at the bronze 

medal match. This fierce competitor sported a 

hefty fan club of about 65 friends and family 

members waving terrible towels in the crowd. 

Amanda Polk grew up in Pittsburgh and 

graduated from Oakland Catholic High School, 

where she first began rowing. She studied biochemistry at the University of Notre Dame 

where she was part of the first NCAA team bid 

in the team’s history and was a four time AllAmerican. Polk took silver in the four at the 

2009 World Championhips, then won gold in 

the eight in 2010 and 2011. She recently won 

gold and set a world best time in the women’s 

eight at the 2012 World Rowing Cup in Lucerne. Polk has consistently been a strong 

part of the eight that is dominating women’s 

rowing and she was an alternate in London. 

Unbeaten since 2006, the women were golden 

again in London, successfully defending their 

title from Beijing and solidifying what Polk’s 

teammate, Susan Francia, has rightfully 

dubbed an ‘‘American Dynasty.’’ 

Lauren Crandall grew up in Doylestown, PA 

and went to school in North Allegheny. She 

was first named to the U.S. National field 

hockey team when she was a sophomore at 

Wake Forest. In 2006, Crandall was named 

the ACC Tournament Most Valuable Player. A 

veteran of the international field hockey scene, 

she has 173 international caps, or tournament 

appearances, which is the second most on the 

team. Now a two-time Olympian, she helped 

the team to an 8th place finish in Beijing and 

captained Team USA in London to come in 

12th place. Crandall is going to DeVry University to pursue a master’s degree in public administration with a concentration on non-profit 

organizations. 

Christa Harmotto was originally recruited to 

play volleyball from a 6th grade gym glass. 

She went on to play at Hopewell High School 

and then at Penn State where she studied 

education. She and her team won national titles in 2007 and 2008 and she ended her career with a .433 career hitting percentage, the 

second best in NCAA history. Harmotto played 

basketball abroad professionally, where she 

sharpened her skills gearing up for the Games 

and now she has a silver medal from the London Olympics indoor volleyball competition to 

show for it. She plans to continue playing and 

training for Rio in 2016. 

Lauryn Williams, a track and field star, was 

born in Pittsburgh. Williams studied finance at 

the University of Miami, where she was the 

2004 NCAA Champion at the 100 meter. A 

three-time World Champion, Williams took 

home the silver medal in the 100 meter at the 

2004 Games and came in fourth in the event 

in 2008. She competed in the 4x100 meter 

relay in Beijing but an incomplete pass of the 

baton put the team out of medal contention. In 

London, Williams ran the anchor leg of the 

women’s 4x100 meter in the qualification 

round, and the team went on to win gold in 

event. Williams aims to finish 100 meter races 

in under 11 seconds. Every time she goes 

‘‘sub 11,’’ she has pledged to give out a 

$1000 scholarship to a female athlete in her 

senior year of high school. The 2006 Visa Humanitarian of the Year, she is deeply invested 

in her community as part of USA Track and 

Field’s ‘‘Be a Champion’’ community outreach, 

through volunteering with hearing impaired elementary school students, and through her female athlete scholarship fund. 

I applaud all of these extraordinary athletes 

for their unbreakable spirits, their indomitable 

will to win, and their thrilling achievements. 

Training involves serious sacrifices. These 

athletes put in the work day in and day out, 

then they put it all on the line on the world 

stage with gutsy performances full of heart. I 

want to commend their family and friends who 

have supported their Olympic dreams and 

helped them keep striving to be stronger, get 

faster, and reach farther. And to these Olympians, I want to wish you a hearty congratulations and I want you to know that we in Pittsburgh are proud of yinz! 

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OVARIAN CANCER AWARENESS 

MONTH 

HON. LYNN C. WOOLSEY OF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, September 12, 2012 

Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to 

recognize September as National Ovarian 

Cancer Awareness Month. Too many American women—sisters, daughters, nieces, 

wives, friends, neighbors, and coworkers—are 

losing their lives to this disease. This year 

alone, more than 20,000 women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer and more than 

15,000 will die of the disease. 

Ovarian cancer is the ninth most common 

cancer among women, and the deadliest of 

gynecologic cancers. If ovarian cancer is treated before it spreads, the five-year survival rate 

is 93 percent. But, because there is no ovarian cancer screening or early detection test, 

many women won’t learn their diagnosis until 

the odds are against them. 

We must do everything we can to make 

women aware of the risk factors, signs, and 

symptoms of ovarian cancer before it is too 

late. Doctors recommend that women see a 

gynecologist if they experience any of the 

symptoms of ovarian cancer daily for more 

than a few weeks. We must all become familiar with the early symptoms and share this information. 

I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting investments in medical research. We 

must ensure that the National Institutes of 

Health, the National Cancer Institute, and the 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 

are receiving the funding they need to put an 

end to ovarian cancer. Investments in medical 

research will lead to breakthroughs in screening, early detection, and treatment. 

Today, I stand with the ovarian cancer community in their efforts to increase awareness 

of the symptoms, boost federal funding for 

ovarian cancer awareness, and expand federal research to improve treatments and develop a desperately needed screening or early 

detection test. 

Please join me in recognizing September as 

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month to 

increase public knowledge about this deadly 

disease and save lives. 

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TRIBUTE TO COLONEL CORLISS 

GADSDEN’S 29 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR NATION 

HON. C. W. BILL YOUNG OF FLORIDA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, September 12, 2012 

Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise 

to pay tribute to Colonel Corliss Gadsden, for 

her extraordinary dedication to duty and service to the United States of America. Colonel 

Corliss Gadsden will retire as the Army Reserve Medical Command’s Operations Officer 

(G–3) on October 1, 2012. Her service spans 

over twenty-nine years of military duty to the 

United States Army Reserve. 

Colonel Corliss Gadsden has served her 

country with integrity, dedication, and visionary 

leadership for over 29 years. She has constantly and consistently achieved and surpassed every mission assigned to her. During 

the early days of the Global War on Terrorism, 

while assigned as the United States Army Reserve Europe Medical Plans Officer, she was 

responsible for activating three medical units 

to support the European Regional Medical 

Command resulting in the right mix of medical 

professionals deploying to hostile environments to ensure the highest quality medical 

care for deployed United States service members. 

Ever conscious of maintaining the operational posture of Army Reserve Soldiers’ she 

focused and honed in on the medical and Soldier skills. In 2002, she was responsible for increasing the United States Army Reserve 

Force Projection footprint to support the evergrowing Overseas Deployment Training missions from 400 Soldiers to over 1,000 Soldiers. During 2003 and 2004 she led the efforts to deploy over 800 individual healthcare 

providers in support of OPERATION IRAQI 

FREEDOM, OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, and OPERATION JOINT GUARDIAN 

while sourcing medical units for all active operations in United States Central Command, 

European Command, and the continental 

United States based support missions. 

In 2006, while serving in the United States 

Army Reserve Command’s Surgeon Office as 

the Chief, Medical Plans and Operations her 

planning was critical in maintaining the continuity of operations while transitioning from 

the ten Regional Readiness Commands to 

four Regional Support Commands and simultaneously maintaining the United States Army 

Reserve Command’s medical operations in 

light of the ongoing base realignment and closure mission. She planned, coordinated, and 

conducted quarterly synchronization meetings 

ensuring the prioritized, timely, and maximized 

use of the Individual Ready Reserve and Individual Mobilization Augmentation Soldiers in 

support of global Overseas Contingency Operations. 

In 2007 she was recognized by the Commanding General of the Army Reserve and 

Secretary of the Army for her herculean efforts 

in the mobilization and deployment of thousands of Army Reserve Soldiers. Colonel 


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