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Bob Wise: “I rise today to remember still, as we are all still feeling, those who were on the plane with Secretary Ron Brown. It…”

On the recordApril 16, 1996
I rise today to remember still, as we are all still feeling, those who were on the plane with Secretary Ron Brown. It was a loss that this country feels now and is going to feel for quite a long time. In West Virginia we feel this deeply, the lose of the Government personnel, the military personnel, the private sector personnel. In addition to Secretary Brown we lost William Morton of Huntington who was buried Saturday in Huntington, who was long time involved in so many things that made this country great: political campaigns and working with Secretary Brown in a number of capacities. He grew up and graduated, went to Huntington High School and went on to make his mark in so many different areas. I give thanks for his life and that of Ron Brown's. With Secretary Brown he was a man of composure, a man of pragmatism, a man of obvious intelligence, and a compassionate man.
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Bob Wise
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Remembering Secretary Ron Brown and others lost in a plane crash.

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