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1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The College of DuPage Board of Trustees recently | ||||||
3 | voted to approve a buyout
package for President Dr. Robert | ||||||
4 | Breuder in the amount of $750,000; and
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5 | WHEREAS, As part of an agreement that was already reached | ||||||
6 | between the Board of Trustees
and Dr. Breuder, the school's | ||||||
7 | Homeland Security Education Center will be named in honor of
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8 | Dr. Breuder; and | ||||||
9 | WHEREAS, Many taxpayers and local residents have voiced | ||||||
10 | strong opposition to the severance
package agreed to by the | ||||||
11 | Board of Trustees and Dr. Breuder; and | ||||||
12 | WHEREAS, The name of Staff Sergeant Robert J. Miller has | ||||||
13 | been offered as an alternative to
Dr. Breuder's in the naming | ||||||
14 | of the Homeland Security Education Center; and | ||||||
15 | WHEREAS, Staff Sgt. Miller grew up in Wheaton and graduated | ||||||
16 | from Wheaton North
High School in 2002; and | ||||||
17 | WHEREAS, After attending one year of college at the | ||||||
18 | University of Iowa, Staff Sgt. Miller
joined the United States | ||||||
19 | Army in 2003; and |
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1 | WHEREAS, Staff Sgt. Miller enlisted as a Special Forces | ||||||
2 | trainee in August of 2003 and
graduated from Infantry Basic | ||||||
3 | Training and Airborne School at Fort Benning, Georgia in | ||||||
4 | January
of 2004; and | ||||||
5 | WHEREAS, Staff Sgt. Miller graduated from the Special | ||||||
6 | Forces Qualification Course in
September of 2004, and the | ||||||
7 | Special Forces Weapons Sergeant Course in March of 2005; and | ||||||
8 | WHEREAS, Staff Sgt. Miller was deployed to Afghanistan from | ||||||
9 | August of 2006 to March of 2007
and received 2 Army | ||||||
10 | Commendation Medals for Valor for his actions under enemy fire; | ||||||
11 | and | ||||||
12 | WHEREAS, Staff Sgt. Miller returned to Afghanistan in | ||||||
13 | October of 2007, serving as a Weapons
Sergeant for his team; | ||||||
14 | and | ||||||
15 | WHEREAS, On January 25, 2008, Staff Sgt. Miller was leading | ||||||
16 | a team of Afghan National
Security Forces and Coalition | ||||||
17 | soldiers when they were attacked by insurgents; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Under intense enemy fire, Staff Sgt. Miller | ||||||
19 | remained at the front of the patrol and
laid down suppressive | ||||||
20 | fire to allow his wounded commander to be pulled out of the | ||||||
21 | line of fire; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Staff Sgt. Miller was killed in action while | ||||||
2 | protecting his fellow soldiers and
Afghan security forces; and
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3 | WHEREAS, The heroic actions of Staff Sgt. Miller saved the | ||||||
4 | lives of 7 American soldiers
and 15 Afghan soldiers; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Staff Sgt. Miller was posthumously awarded the | ||||||
6 | Medal of Honor
by President Barack Obama at the White House on | ||||||
7 | October, 6 2010; and | ||||||
8 | WHEREAS, In 2011, Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 | ||||||
9 | renamed the Common Area of
Wheaton North High School in honor | ||||||
10 | of Staff Sgt. Miller; therefore, be it
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11 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
12 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
13 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we strongly urge the Board of | ||||||
14 | Trustees of the College of DuPage to reconsider the agreement | ||||||
15 | reached with Dr. Robert Breuder; and be it further | ||||||
16 | RESOLVED, That we strongly urge the Board of Trustees of | ||||||
17 | the College of Dupage to rename the College of DuPage Homeland | ||||||
18 | Security
Education Center in honor of Staff Sergeant Robert J. | ||||||
19 | Miller as a tribute to the service and sacrifice
Staff Sgt. | ||||||
20 | Miller rendered to the DuPage County community and to the |
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1 | United States of
America; and be it further
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2 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
3 | presented to the Board of Trustees of the
College of DuPage, | ||||||
4 | the President of the College of DuPage, and to the family of | ||||||
5 | Staff Sgt.
Robert J. Miller.
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