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John Thune grew up in Murdo, South Dakota. His interest in politics was sparked at a young age after making five of six free throws during a freshman high school basketball game. He was later greeted by a spectator who said, “I noticed you missed one.” That spectator happened to be well-known...
Elected in 2014, Senator Gary Peters’ top priority in the U.S. Senate is to continue supporting job creation and economic growth to strengthen small businesses and our middle class. Senator Peters is committed to working with members of both parties to find commonsense, practical and bipartisan...
A lifelong Nebraskan, Deb Fischer is the senior senator from Nebraska, and was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2012.
As a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, she is committed to neutralizing growing threats to our homeland and our allies. In her capacity as Chairman of the Senate...
Senator Brian Schatz has dedicated his career to public service as a strong advocate for Hawaii’s middle-class families, a clean energy economy, seniors, our veterans, and Native Hawaiians.
As Hawaii’s senior United States Senator, Brian serves on three Senate Committees essential to the...
Congressman Peter T. King, a Republican, is serving his twelfth term in the U.S. House of Representatives, being reelected in November 2014 with 68.5% of the vote - - the highest margin of any Congressional candidate on Long Island.
Rep. King is a member of the Homeland Security Committee...
Mac Thornberry serves as Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee – the first Texan of either party to hold this position. The Armed Services Committee has the responsibility to oversee the Pentagon, all military services, and all Department of Defense agencies, including their budgets and...
John Garamendi joined the U.S. House of Representatives on November 5, 2009. He brings nearly four decades of public service to the House Armed Services and Transportation & Infrastructure committees.
He has been a tireless proponent of job creation, quality and affordable health care...
Dennis Ross was born October 18, 1959 in Lakeland, Florida. He was the youngest of five children born to Bill and Loyola Ross who moved to their Polk County home in 1955. Being raised on modest means, Dennis attended Catholic school for nine years before going to high school at Lakeland Senior...
In his current role, Rear Admiral Thomas Shannon is the commander of Military Sealift Command.Shannon graduated from Maine Maritime Academy in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science in Nautical Science, and was commissioned through the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps program. He attended the...
Marty Linsky has been a Harvard Kennedy School faculty member since 1982, except 1992-5 when he was Chief Secretary/Counselor to Massachusetts Governor William Weld. He teaches exclusively in the School's executive programs and chairs several of them. He co-founded, with Dr. Ronald Heifetz...