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SRES 114 ATS

Honoring the life of NBC Reporter David Bloom, and expressing the deepest condolences of the Senate to his family on his death.

April 9, 2003

Mr. DAYTON (for himself, Mr. COLEMAN, and Mrs. DOLE) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to

Honoring the life of NBC Reporter David Bloom, 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 NBC Reporter David Bloom;

Whereas David Bloom, a native of Edina, Minnesota, greatly distinguished himself by his rapid rise in the field of journalism;

Whereas, most recently, David Bloom was embedded with the Third Infantry Division of the United States Army to provide in-depth reporting on the war in Iraq;

Whereas David Bloom, as a skilled and determined reporter, covered many major news stories for NBC News, including reporting from Israel on the escalating violence in the Middle East, the recovery efforts from Ground Zero after September 11, 2001, the war on terrorism at home, and the Washington, D.C., sniper story;

Whereas, while covering the White House beat between 1997 and 2000, David Bloom reported on the Maryland Peace Summit with Yassir Arafat and Benjamin Netanyahu, on Operation Desert Fox in Iraq, and on the NATO air campaign in Kosovo;

Whereas, prior to being named White House Correspondent, David Bloom was a Los Angeles-based correspondent for NBC News, where he reported extensively on the Unabomber, the Freeman ranch standoff, and the war in Bosnia;

Whereas David Bloom was a co-recipient of the 1992 George Foster Peabody Award, a winner of the Radio-Television News Directors Association Edward R. Murrow Award for his coverage of Hurricane Andrew, and a 1991 Regional Emmy Award winner for Investigative Journalism for his report on the shipment of arms to Iraq from south Florida;

Whereas David Bloom was a devoted husband to his wife, Melanie, and a proud father to three exceptional daughters, Nicole, Christine, and Ava; and

Whereas David Bloom's life was distinguished for its great ambition, multitude of accomplishments, standards of excellence, dedication to family, and important contributions to the dissemination of unbiased information to citizens throughout the country: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That the Senate--

(1) pays tribute to the outstanding career and devoted work of David Bloom;

(2) expresses its deepest condolences to his family; and

(3) directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to the family of David Bloom.

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