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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Words cannot adequately express the heartache felt |
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at the loss of U.S. Air Force Major Rodolpho Ivan Rodriguez of El |
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Paso, who died on September 20, 2008, at the age of 34; and |
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WHEREAS, Assigned to the 86th Construction and Training |
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Squadron at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, Major Rodriguez was one of |
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53 people killed when an improvised explosive device detonated |
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outside a hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan; and |
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WHEREAS, Major Rodriguez was a 1993 graduate of Ysleta High |
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School, where he played football and baseball and was a member of |
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the band; he went on to earn a bachelor's degree from the U.S. Air |
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Force Academy in 1998 and to serve in civil engineer units, |
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including Vandenberg Air Force Base in California; he spent six |
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months deployed at Kirkuk Air Base in Iraq in 2006 and was on his |
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third Central Command assignment at the time of his death; and |
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WHEREAS, Dedicated to his family, Rodolpho Rodriguez made |
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regular trips home while he was in the academy, never missing the |
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birthdays of his loved ones; moreover, he inspired relatives and |
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friends alike with his intelligence, kindness, and hard work; and |
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WHEREAS, Americans owe a profound debt to our nation's |
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servicemen and servicewomen, whose devotion to their country |
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inspires them to take up military service, and their committed |
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efforts and enormous sacrifices are deserving of their fellow |
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citizens' deepest respect and gratitude; and |
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WHEREAS, Major Rodriguez embodied the highest ideals of the |
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United States Air Force, and the blessing of his life will be |
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forever cherished by those who were privileged to share in his love |
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and affection; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Major Rodolpho |
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Rodriguez and extend deepest sympathy to the members of his family: |
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to his wife, Caryn Rodriguez; to his mother, Minerva Rivas; to his |
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brothers, Edgar and Fernando Rivas; and to his other relatives and |
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many friends; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Rodolpho |
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Ivan Rodriguez. |