Duncan Hunter's Bio [GOP presidential contender]

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[Antoninus]

Since first being elected to Congress in 1980, Duncan Hunter has devoted himself to ensuring that our military is second to none, securing our nation’s borders, and protecting American workers from unfair competition. Hunter has worked on these issues not because they make headlines, but because they are the right things to do for our country.

A Vietnam veteran, Duncan Hunter has served in the 173rd Airborne and 75th Army Rangers and after returning home, utilized the G.I. Bill to attend Western State University Law School in San Diego. While completing his degree, Hunter worked in farming and construction, and opened a storefront legal office after graduation where he began serving many in the Hispanic community, often without compensation. In 1980, Hunter was asked to mount a challenge for the Congressional seat held by Lionel Van Deerlin. Despite the district having a 2-to-1 Democratic registration, Hunter won the seat in an upset.

Coming to Washington, Hunter successfully sought a seat on the House Armed Services Committee where he could work on America’s national security priorities. Serving on this committee throughout his career, Hunter became Chairman of the full committee in 2002, overseeing a $542 Billion Dollar defense budget. Hunter focuses his efforts on providing President Bush with the necessary resources to win our nation’s military conflicts, protecting our men and women in uniform, and developing modernization initiatives that will deliver new and more effective technologies to the battlefield.

Hunter also came to Congress to make securing the California-Mexico border a top priority. As a resident of a border community, Hunter’s goal was to make the region safe for communities on both sides of the border by providing border enforcement agencies with the tools they need to be effective. September 11, however, made border security a national security issue and Hunter responded by leading efforts in Congress to seal a porous border vulnerable to illegal aliens, drug trafficking and terrorism. Hunter successfully provided over 59 miles of fencing and border infrastructure to date in San Diego County, including continued construction of the Southwest Border Fence Project and fought to ensure that legislation extending the San Diego fence for 700 miles across Arizona, New Mexico and Texas became law.

Hunter’s other legislative priorities include retaining and increasing jobs across America, providing tax relief to hard-working American families, keeping our promises to American veterans, protecting Social Security for present and future generations, and promoting strong family values.

Hunter resides in El Cajon with his wife, Lynne. Like many of his constituents, he is in the process of re-building his Alpine home after it was lost in the October 2003 wildfires. In 2006, Duncan and Lynne celebrated their 33rd wedding anniversary and have two sons, Duncan Duane, honorably discharged from the Marine Corps and now president of Boise Hunter Homes, and Sam Hunter, a business student at San Diego State University. Duncan D, and his wife, Margaret, have three children, Duncan Lee, Elizabeth Grace and Sarah Louise, and reside in Boise, Idaho. Sam was married on Valentine’s Day 2004 to the former Theresa Heger of Jamul and their daughter Marin was born in October 2006.

[Antoninus]

I know Hunter is an effective speaker and I'd rather the GOP wake up from this spineless imitation of Demonrats and refusal to stand up for beliefs. I want a great candidate and the man who would be the man for these war ravaged times is Duncan Hunter.

Agreed. Let's git 'er done. We've all got to get our email lists hummin'...

[Blackirish]

I just read his bio.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Hunter

Army Ranger then law school put fence up in San Deigo Impressive....

Let's see if he can debate Rudy...McCaine... and Newt they all hit hard.

[Man of the Right]

I wish you and Mr. Hunter the best.

[SierraWasp]

"Has a junior senator every been elected president?"

Of course... JFK!!! Obama will be a media darling re-run in black and white!!!

[Blogger]

Great endorsements!

[James Ewell Brown Stuart]

Thank you for the JFK reference.

Let's not count our Obama's before they are hatched.

[SierraWasp]

Hey! The MSM is hatchin that sucker, just like they hatched "Camelot" and still worship at that alter to this very day almost 45 years later!!!

It's what's happenin, man! Not even Hitlery will be able to contain said MSM wet dream! I mean it pulls at the Liberal JFK/MLK heart strings like a black hole!!!

[James Ewell Brown Stuart]

Whatever...

[Antoninus]

Army Ranger then law school put fence up in San Deigo Impressive....

Are you beginning to see why Hunter is turning some heads?

Let's see if he can debate Rudy...McCaine... and Newt they all hit hard.

Duncan's been in the House for 26 years. I think he knows how to take a punch--and counter-punch. As for Newt, I like him, but he's too damaged to be presidential material. He should be Chairman of the RNC--sooner, rather than later.