Who is he?
Sorry this looks unreadable... I believe I voted for him when I was in San Diego CA some years ago. I don't know every details about him... I know is VERY conservative... but we need to check him out
Duncan Hunter From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Duncan Hunter Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 52nd district Term of office: 1981 - present Political party: Republican
Preceded by: First Representative (District Created After 1990 Census) Succeeded by: Incumbent Religion: Baptist Born: May 31, 1948 Riverside, California Spouse: Lynne Hunter
Duncan Lee Hunter (born May 31, 1948), American politician, has been a Republican member of the House of Representatives since 1981 from the 52nd District in northern and eastern San Diego County [1]. It was previously numbered the 42nd District from 1981 to 1983 and then the 45th District from 1983 to 1993. Hunter is chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. He is currently a candidate for President of the United States. [2]
Contents [hide] 1 Early life, education, and career 2 U.S. House of Representatives 2.1 Initial election and re-elections 2.2 Political actions and positions 3 Controversies 3.1 Connection to Cunningham scandal 3.2 Size of home and taxes paid 4 2006 re-election campaign 5 2008 Presidential campaign 6 Personal 7 External links 8 References
[edit] Early life, education, and career Hunter was born in Riverside, California. He briefly attended the University of Montana and the University of California, Santa Barbara before enlisting in the United States Army. He served in the Vietnam War in the 173rd Airborne Brigade and the 75th Army Rangers. After leaving the Army, he enrolled at Western State University College of Law and earned a BSL and JD in 1976. He then worked as a plaintiff's attorney.
[edit] U.S. House of Representatives
[edit] Initial election and re-elections In 1980, Hunter was recruited to run for Congress in what was then the 42nd District against 18-year incumbent Democrat Lionel Van Deerlin. Hunter was initially a decided underdog, but his attacks on Van Deerlin's record on defense gained surprising traction in a district dominated by military bases and personnel. By the time Van Deerlin ramped up his campaign machine, it was too late, and Hunter narrowly defeated him. He was one of many Republicans swept into office from historically Democratic districts as a result of Reagan's coattails; Van Deerlin had been the district's only congressman since its creation in 1963.
After the 1980 census, many of the more Democratic areas were cut out of Hunter's district, and he hasn't faced serious opposition since.
[edit] Political actions and positions Hunter became chairman of the Armed Services Committee in 2003. As such, he has since sponsored the defense fiscal authorization bills. In 2006, he attempted to amend the bill to restrict women in the army that, according to The New York Times, would have "barred women from nearly 22,000 jobs."[3] The amendment was withdrawn after it became clear that it would not pass.
On April 28, 2004, Hunter introduced legislation that he said could "turn parents into prosecuting attorneys fighting a wave of obscenity." [4] House Bill 4239, also called the "Parents Empowerment Act,"[5], would allow the parent or guardian of a minor to sue in federal court anyone who knowingly disseminates any media (such as a comic book) containing "material that is harmful to minors" if the material is distributed in a way that "a reasonable person can expect a substantial number of minors to be exposed to the material and the minor, as a result to exposure to the material, is likely to suffer personal or emotional injury or injury to mental or moral welfare."[6]
In November 2004, Hunter and Wisconsin Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner blocked a bill that would have created a National Intelligence Director (NID). Creating a NID was a key recommendation of the 9/11 Commission. Hunter argued that the military is the biggest consumer of intelligence and any reforms enacted must not endanger the lives of troops on the battlefield.
On November 3, 2005, Hunter introduced legislation calling for the construction of a reinforced fence along the entire United States-Mexican border, and a border zone on the American side of 100 meters.
On November 18th, 2005, in response to Pennsylvania congressman John Murtha's call for a partial withdrawal and redeployment of American troops in Iraq, Hunter and other Republicans drafted a two-sentence resolution which read:
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the deployment of United States forces in Iraq be terminated immediately. Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that the deployment of United States forces in Iraq be terminated immediately. Democrats condemned the bill as a political stunt; they made much of the fact that Hunter himself didn't support his own resolution. It was heavily defeated, 403-3, in the House of Representatives.
On the issue of trade, Hunter is a fair trader, repeatedly voting against international trade agreements such as CAFTA and the WTO.[7] In the 109th Congress, he also voted for higher spending in the Transportation Bill and voted against the Republican Study Committee's conservative alternative 2005 budget.
Regarding abortion rights, Hunter introduced H.R. 552 The Right to Life Act on February 2, 2005. The purpose of the bill is to "implement equal protection ... for the right to life of each born and preborn human person." It presently has 101 cosponsors.[8]
[edit] Controversies