Ruppersberger Receives 2006 Navigator Award for His Work on National Intelligence

(Washington, D.C.)- Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-D) received the prestigious 2006 Navigator Award from the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies for his work in the intelligence community.  Congressman Ruppersberger serves on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and represents Maryland’s 2nd Congressional District which includes the National Security Agency at Fort Meade, Aberdeen Proving Ground, the Port of Baltimore, the Coast Guard Yard at Curtis Bay, and BWI-Thurgood Marshall Airport.  Ruppersberger is also the co-chair of the Congressional Port Security Caucus. 

Congressman Peter Hoekstra (R-Michigan), Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and a previous recipient of the Navigator award, presented the award to Congressman Ruppersberger. 

“Dutch is a real consensus builder on the Intelligence Committee.  We have been able to reach across the aisle and work together to protect our national security and put America first.  If there is a way to help America, Dutch will be there, even if it means traveling to Iraq, Afghanistan, or Libya on short notice,” Chairman Hoekstra said during the award ceremony. 

General Keith Alexander, Director of the National Security Agency, also received the 2006 Navigator Award.   Past Navigator Award Recipients include Senator Joseph Lieberman (2004), Senator Pat Roberts (2002), Congressman Sherwood Boehlert (2003) and Congressman Curt Weldon (2000).

“I am honored to receive the Navigator Award from the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies.  I believe good intelligence is the best way to prevent another terrorist attack.  I am working together with the best and the brightest in the intelligence community at the National Security Agency, Fort Meade, Aberdeen Proving Ground, the CIA, the FBI, and other locations around the world to ensure they have the resources they need to keep our country safe.  These men and women do all they can to protect our families and our communities.  They deserve our support,” said Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD).   

In addition to General Alexander, Dr. John Marburger, Science Advisor to the president and Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and the late Vice Admiral Arthur K. Cebrowski also received 2006 Navigator Awards. 

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