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Congress.gov biography:
"HUNTER, Duncan Lee, a Representative from
California; born in Riverside, Riverside County, Calif., May 31, 1948;
graduated from Rubidoux High School, Riverside, Calif., 1966; B.S., Western
State University, San Diego, Calif., 1968; J.D., Western State University,
San Diego, Calif., 1976; United States Army Airborne, 1969-1971; lawyer,
private practice; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-seventh and to
the thirteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1981-present); chair, Committee
on Armed Services (One Hundred Eighth and One Hundred Ninth Congress)."
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20080119
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Duncan
Hunter
-
 Mitt
Romney
-  Fred
Thompson
-  California
-  Nevada
-  Wyoming
-  Massachusetts
-  Tennessee
- 2008
Election - "Poor
Showings Push GOP’s Hunter to Quit White House Bid."
... "California [Republican Representative and 2008 Election Republican
Presidential Candidate] Rep. Duncan Hunter dropped his longshot bid for
the Republican presidential nomination Saturday night after drawing minimal
support in the contests so far — including Nevada’s GOP caucuses, in which
he took just 2 percent of the vote." ... "Hunter did win one delegate in
Wyoming’s Republican county conventions on Jan. 5, where former Massachusetts
Gov. [Governor and 2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate] Mitt
Romney won eight and ex-Tennessee Sen. [Senator and 2008 Election Republican
Presidential Candidate] Fred Thompson won three." -By
Marie Horrigan -CQPolitics.com
20080105
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 Ron
Paul
- Duncan
Hunter
-  Rudolph
W Giuliani
-  Corporate
-  TV
-  Politics
- Censorship
-  New
Hampshire -  Iowa
-  Texas
- California
- 2008
Election - "New
Hampshire G.O.P. Backs Out of Fox Forum." ... "[2008
Election Republican Presidential Candidate] Ron Paul raised nearly $20
million in the last quarter, likely more than any of his rivals. He garnered
10 percent of the Republican vote in the Iowa
Caucuses, surpassing [2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate]
Rudolph W. Giuliani. And he’s in New Hampshire this weekend on the airwaves
and the campaign trail before the Jan. 8 primary." ... "But the Texas congressman
and presidential contender won’t
be getting a seat and the table at Sunday’s Fox News Republican candidate
forum." ... "On Saturday the New Hampshire Republican party expressed its
disappointment with the decision to exclude Mr. Paul and Representative
Duncan Hunter of California by severing its partnership with Fox." ...
"“We believe that it is inconsistent with the first in the nation primary
tradition to be excluding candidates in a pre-primary setting,” said Fergus
Cullen, chair of the state G.O.P. [Grand Old Party=Republican] party. “All
candidates regardless of how well known they are or how much money they’ve
raised should be treated equally here.”" -By Michael
Falcone -NYTimes
20080103
2008
Election
-
Money Spent by
2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidates as reported by FEC.gov
through 9/30/2007.
Romney
Spent: $52,354,735
Giuliani
Spent: $30,095,792
 McCain
Spent: $27,899,349
Thompson
Spent: $5,606,451
Paul
Spent: $2,786,056
Hunter
Spent: $1,744,427
 Huckabee
Spent: $1,692,112 |
[Money
spent is likely underreported as it doesn't include the most recent expenditures
by Candidates].
20071231
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 Dennis
Kucinich -  Joe
Biden
-  Chris
Dodd
- Ron
Paul
- Duncan
Hunter
- Television
- Politics
-  US
-  Iraq
-  Military
- 2008
Election - New
Hampshire - "FOX,
ABC to reduce debate fields." ... "This weekend’s
[New Hampshire] presidential debates and forum will not include some nationally-known
candidates, and the chairmen of the state Republican and Democratic parties
are not happy." ... "Fergus Cullen and Raymond Buckley say the decisions
by ABC News, WMUR and, in Cullen’s case, FOX News, are inconsistent with
the New Hampshire primary’s tradition of providing a level playing field
for all candidates." ... "ABC News and WMUR-TV (Channel 9) confirmed today
that they have established performance-based criteria for Saturday night's
pair of presidential debates. Those rules could leave several relatively
well-known candidates on the outside looking in, including [2008 Election
Democratic Presidential Candidates] Democrats Dennis Kucinich, Joe Biden
and Chris Dodd." ... "And Cullen confirmed that FOX News has invited only
five presidential candidates to a GOP [GOP=Grand Old Party=Republican]
forum scheduled for Sunday night, leaving out [2008 Election Republican
Presidential Candidates] Ron Paul and Duncan Hunter." ... "GOP candidate
Paul has said that FOX News is “scared of me” and has called the network
“propagandists for this (Iraq) war, and I challenge them on the notion
that they are conservative.”" -By John Distaso
-UnionLeader.com
20071111
-
Ron
Paul
-
 Tom
Tancredo - Duncan
Hunter
- 2008
Election -  Media
- Texas
-  Colorado
- California
- Iowa
- "Iowa
GOP inundated by irate calls from Ron Paul fans."
... "The Iowa Republican Party put out an advisory Tuesday setting standards
for participation in a Dec. 4 debate it is sponsoring with Fox News. The
phone has been ringing off the hook ever since." ... "That's because the
sponsors said participants need to average 5% support among Republicans
in recent national or Iowa polls -- and so far, Texas [Representative and
2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate] Rep. Ron Paul is one of
the candidates not making the cut." ... "Colorado [Representative and 2008
Election Republican Presidential Candidate] Rep. Tom Tancredo and California
[Representative and 2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate] Rep.
Duncan Hunter also fall below the 5% threshold at this point."
-USATODAY
20071018
-
 Randy
"Duke" Cunningham
-  Brent
Wilkes -  Jerry
Lewis - Duncan
Hunter
-  Tom
DeLay
-  Roy
Blunt
-  Dennis
Hastert - Money
- Politics
-  Lawmakers
- Travel
-  Flying
-  Government
- Military
-  Intelligence
- San
Diego - California
- Texas
-  Missouri
-  Hawaii
-  Florida
- Nevada
-  Idaho
-  Illinois
- "Witness:
Contractor Gave Lawmaker Perks." ... "[Former California
Republican Representative Randy "Duke"] Cunningham, a San Diego Republican
who held seats on the powerful House intelligence and defense appropriations
committees, was elected to eight terms before resigning in 2005. He pleaded
guilty that year to accepting $2.4 million in bribes from [Brent] Wilkes
and others and is serving an eight-year prison sentence." ... "[Wilkes
nephew and employee Joel] Combs testified Wednesday that his uncle communicated
with other prominent lawmakers, including California Republicans Jerry
Lewis and Duncan Hunter, former House Majority Leader [Republican] Tom
DeLay of Texas, Republican Whip [Missouri Representative] Roy Blunt, and
Sen. Daniel Inouye, a Hawaii Democrat." ... "But the relationship with
Cunningham was at the center of Wilkes' success in Washington, and Combs
said his uncle worked to keep the lawmaker happy - efforts that included
staking his nephew money to purposely lose in poker games with the lawmaker."
... "Combs recalled dinners at Washington's fancy Capital Grille restaurant,
shooting lessons, and trips to Florida, Las Vegas [Nevada] and Idaho provided
by Wilkes for the congressman from 1998 until 2002. During that period,
Cunningham made calls to Pentagon officials on Wilkes' behalf and helped
secure about $90 million in federal contracts for Wilkes' company." ...
"The perks included a $20,000 stay in a private villa at a resort in Hawaii,
where Wilkes, Combs and the congressman went diving - an expedition captured
in an underwater video that was played for jurors. Combs said he also hired
women from an escort service for his uncle and the congressman." ... "Wilkes
also paid to fly Cunningham and former House Speaker [Illinois Republican
Representative] Dennis Hastert from a golf outing in Palm Springs [California]
to San Diego [California] for a reception and then back to Washington on
private jets, Combs testified." -By Allison Hoffman
-AP via -Guardian.co.uk
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US
-
 Mexico
-  China
- Manufacturing
- Politics
- Duncan
Hunter
- US
Immigration - Law
- Calif
- 2008
Election - "Lawmakers
blast DHS for building border fence with Chinese steel."
... "House members allied with the domestic steel industry blasted the
[Republican President Bush run] Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on
Thursday for building a fence on the Mexican border with Chinese steel."
... "GOP presidential hopeful Rep. [California Republican Representative
and 2008 election Presidential Candidate] Duncan Hunter (Calif.), who authored
a bill signed into law last year mandating 850 miles of fence along the
border, said DHS should have gone to U.S. producers to procure any necessary
steel or pipe." ... "“The Department of Homeland Security has, the last
time I checked, $800 million cash on hand available to build the border
fence. So they don’t have to go and get cut-rate deals to build the border
fence,” Hunter said. U.S. pipe makers can “easily” supply the products
necessary for the fence, Hunter insisted." -By Ian
Swanson -TheHill.com
20050526
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-
- "Military
Bill Backtracks on Women." ... "A House Republican
leader pulled members back from contentious debate over women in combat
on Wednesday by eliminating a proposal requiring the Pentagon to ask Congress
to vote each time the military wanted to open new battlefield support jobs
to women." ... "Instead, the substitute language offered by Representative
Duncan Hunter of California, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee,
requires the defense secretary to give Congress notification - and 60 working
days for consideration and debate - before opening or closing jobs in the
combat zone to women." ... "Currently, the Pentagon must give Congress
30 days' notification of plans to change its policy on women in combat."
-By Thom Shanker -NYTimes
20050519
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-
 New
York -
- "Bill
aims to bar women from direct ground combat." ...
"The language would put into law a Pentagon policy from 1994 that prohibits
female troops in all four service branches from serving in units below
brigade level whose primary mission is direct ground combat." ... ""Many
Americans feel that women in combat or combat support positions is not
a bridge we want to cross at this point," said Rep. John McHugh, R-New
York, who sponsored the amendment." ... "The issue arose last week, when
Republicans, at the behest of Committee Chairman Duncan Hunter, R-California,
added a provision that would have banned women from being assigned to "forward
support companies."" -AP
via -CNN
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