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                COMMUNICATION FROM THE DEMOCRATIC LEADER

  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following 
communication from the Democratic Leader:


                                     House of Representatives,

                                 Washington, DC, January 16, 1998.
     Hon. Newt Gingrich,
     Speaker of the House, House of Representatives, Washington, 
         DC.
       Dear Mr. Speaker: Pursuant to Section 8131, Public Law 105-
     56, I hereby appoint the following individual to the 
     independent panel to evaluate the adequacy of current 
     planning for United States long-range air power: Mr. Walter 
     E. Morrow, Jr., Massachusetts.
           Yours very truly,
     Richard A. Gephardt.

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