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Jim
Moran continued
"We have far
more people determined to hurt Americans and
this country than we did before the Iraq war.
Iraq has become the boot camp for extremists.
It is a situation where if a mastermind
extremist determined to undermine the respect
that the United States had around the world, we
couldn't have carried out a better scenario
from their standpoint." - CONGRESSMAN JIM
MORAN
JIM MORAN, born in Boston,
tranplanted to Virginia, is a veteran of
civil rights activism in the 60's, and public
service in the following decades. For eight
terms as congressman from Virginia's 8th
district he has fought for civil rights, the
environment and other progressive issues. From
the outset he opposed the war in Iraq - despite
representing a district that includes military
bases, the Pentagon, and defense-related
businesses - because he believed that the war
was wrong.
More About Congressman Jim Moran
(D-VA)
Congressman Jim Moran was
re-elected November 2006 to his ninth term
serving Northern Virginia in the U.S. House of
Representatives. He is a member of
the Appropriations Committee where he
serves on the Defense Subcommittee
and Interior
Subcommittee.
An early and outspoken opponent
of the war, Congressman Moran was coauthor of
the resolution that would have required the
U.S. to fully exhaust U.N. diplomatic options
before invading Iraq. Over the course of his
career he has demonstrated vigorous leadership
in support of the environment, women's issues,
gay rights, stricter gun laws, technology, fair
and open trade, and fiscal discipline.
Representing a district
that is part of the Washington Metropolitan
Region, he is also well known for his efforts
to promote public transportation and protect
federal employees and military
retirees. The congressman also co-chairs
the Congressional Prevention Coalition Caucus,
Task Force on Sovereign Wealth Funds and is
active on human rights issues, particularly
involving women in the developing
world.
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