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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 86 

Recognizing the Defense Intelligence Agency on its 50th Anniversary. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 1, 2011 

Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. WARNER, Ms. MIKULSKI, 

Mr. RUBIO, Mr. BURR, Ms. SNOWE, Mr. NELSON of Florida, Mr. ROCKEFELLER, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. RISCH, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. MCCAIN, Mr. SHELBY, 

Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. CARDIN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. 

LIEBERMAN, Mr. KIRK, and Mr. WEBB) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence 

MAY 12, 2011 

Committee discharged; considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing the Defense Intelligence Agency on its 50th 

Anniversary. 

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 

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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, 

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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 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) congratulates the men and women of the 

3 Defense Intelligence Agency on the occasion of the 

4 Agency’s 50th Anniversary; 

5 (2) honors the heroic sacrifice of the employees 

6 of the Defense Intelligence Agency who have given 

7 their lives, or have been wounded or injured, in the 

8 service of the United States during the past 50 

9 years; and 

10 (3) expresses gratitude to all the men and 

11 women of the Defense Intelligence Agency for their 

12 past and continued efforts to provide timely and acmstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with BILLS

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1 curate intelligence support to deliver overwhelming 

2 advantage to our warfighters, defense planners, and 

3 defense and national security policymakers in the de4 fense and security of the United States. 

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