Nye: Firsthand Experience Is Critical
Special to Roll Call
I was working in Iraq in 2007 when I first decided to run for Congress. I was nearing the end of a nine-month assignment to Baghdad supervising a United States Agency for International Development program that was working to combat the insurgency by creating jobs for average Iraqis. I had spent nearly a year in 2003 and 2004 in Kabul, Afghanistan, helping to supervise the Afghan presidential election, and when an opportunity arose to work in Iraq, I took it.
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Schumer Advocates for Many on Panel
Nov. 16, 12 a.m.
As Senate Majority Leader, Lyndon Johnson once said of the Joint Economic Committee, “It’s as useless as tits on a bull.” But as that panel’s chairman during the 110th Congress, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) seized the opportunity to elevate the traditionally low-profile post to the forefront of shaping policy. Read Full Article
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