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  Dana Rohrabacher
Dana Rohrabacher is a Republican congressman from California's 45th district.
Rohrabacher is also a member of the Energy Subcommittee, overseeing research of the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Rohrabacher is voice for lower government spending and taxes, with a record of fiscal restraint and pro-growth policies.
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 Dana Rohrabacher - Congresspedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Rohrabacher was an influencial activist in the radical anarcho-capitalist movement, starting from about 1969,[1] though he drifted towards the mainstream along with Charles Koch, the billionare who helped fund his political campaigns.
Rohrabacher had a history of involvement in Afghanistan dating back to the Cold War, when he openly supported the groups that would later coalesce into the Taliban regime for their active opposition to the Soviet Union, including fighters under the command of Osama bin Laden.
Rohrabacher claims that the introductions were done in good faith and were nothing that was not done regularly for legimate causes, and that the introductions have only become an issue because of Joseph Medawar's misdeeds.
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 Dana Rohrabacher - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rohrabacher was Chairman of the Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee of the House Science Committee from 1997 until January 2005, having received a two-year waiver to serve beyond the six-year term limit.
Rohrabacher is a staunch opponent of illegal immigration.
Rohrabacher had a history of involvement in Afghanistan dating back to the Cold War, when he openly supported the groups that were fighting troops from the Soviet Union in Afghanistan.
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 Dana Rohrabacher’s Troubling Friends   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
When challenged, Rohrabacher claimed that targeting civilians “was standard operating procedure of the Israeli army for years of occupation,” when in fact the Israelis have consistently sought to spare civilians even at the price of the lives of their own soldiers, as was the case during the April 2002 battle of Jenin.
Rohrabacher was one of four Republicans and seventeen Democrats who voted no to a May 2, 2002 Congressional resolution (HR 392) that expressed support for Israel as it faced a wave of terrorist attacks that killed more than 600 civilians.
Rohrabacher’s Democratic opponent in 2002, Gerry Schipske, tried to make a political issue of the meeting by accusing Rohrabacher of meeting “secretly” with the Taliban in violation of the Logan act, which prohibits private individuals from conducting foreign policy in the name of the United States.
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 California Dreamin': Congressman Dana Rohrabacher's Vision of Space
Rohrabacher is a major proponent of a plan to replace NASA's aging space shuttle fleet with a new type of reusable launch vehicle that would be built by a private company.
As Rohrabacher sees it, his greatest accomplishment has been leading the charge in Congress to support NASA Administrator Dan Goldin as he steered the space agency away from big-budget missions to the "faster, better, cheaper" ones.
Rohrabacher, whose first marriage ended in divorce, got married again in the fall of 1997 to the woman he calls his "surfer girl," Rhonda Carmony.
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 Congressman Dana Rohrabacher
Thanks to Congressman Rohrabacher's efforts and those of Congressman Tom Tancredo and others like him in the House of Representatives, the House passed an effective anti-illegal immigration bill.
Congressman Rohrabacher has appeared on numerous radio and television programs debating in favor of the House bill and explaining the great damage illegal immigration is doing to the American people.
Congressman Rohrabacher advocates cutting off all government benefits to those who are in our country illegally.
www.surfdana.com   (226 words)

  
 Space Politics: Dana Rohrabacher, screenwriter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Rohrabacher used his influence to open doors in Washington, D.C., after Medawar paid him an option on the screenplay in late 2003.
At the time, Rohrabacher's action-adventure script was nearly 30 years old and had been kicked around Hollywood for so long that its conservative protagonist had been rewritten from a Vietnam veteran to a soldier who had served in the Persian Gulf War.
Rohrabacher's decision came after Medawar pled guilty to charges he defrauded investors of $3.4 million, claiming he was developing a TV series about the Department of Homeland Security.
www.spacepolitics.com /archives/000966.html   (234 words)

  
 Rohrabacher,Dana - 9/11Encyclopedia
Rohrabacher's secret dealings came to light after his 2001 Financial Disclosure was released in late July 2002 showing a trip to Qatar paid for by both the Egypt International Forum and the Islamic Institute.
Compare: http://web.archive.org/web/20010204091000/http://www.wagingpeace.org/doc/mckinney_rohrabacher_amendment.html McKinney-Rohrabacher Amendment http://www.softwar.net/danasia.html ROHRABACHER PEACE TO ASIA TRIP JANUARY 4 - 19, 2000 Congressman Dana Rohrabacher led a CODEL on behalf of the House International Relations Committee to the Asia-Pacific region from January 4 though 19, 2000.
http://www.house.gov/rohrabacher/webster.html Rohrabachers strange dark past and Robert Kennedy connection: "...Rohrabacher, then a young conservative Republican, was at the Ambassador Hotel on June 5, 1968 the night that RFK was assassinated and was interviewed by LAPD.
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 "B-1 Bob" Dornan Plans to Challenge Dana Rohrabacher - TechIMO Forums
Rohrabacher said he hoped Dornan wouldn't follow through with the threat, which echoed one Dornan made in 1991.
Rohrabacher predicted that Dornan wouldn't be welcomed by his GOP voters.
Dornan suggested that Rohrabacher defer to his political seniority and run in a neighboring district, which had been redrawn to include some of the younger lawmaker's territory in Los Angeles County.
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 Congressman Dana Rohrabacher
Born in California in 1947, Dana Rohrabacher’s first job was scooping ice cream at the Marineland of the Pacific snack bar.
In the 1970s Dana worked as a journalist and took nighttime graduate courses at U.S.C., from which he received a Masters Degree.
Dana is an Eagle Scout and Co-Chairman of the House Scouting Caucus.
www.surfdana.com /about.html   (196 words)

  
 Dana Rohrabacher - dKosopedia
In 1997, Rohrabacher aide Rhonda Carmony was convicted in a scheme to file fraudulent nomination papers for a decoy Democratic spoiler candidate in a key election for the state legislature.
Rohrabacher), she received a bonus of over $15,000 in a single week.
During debates on Iraq in 2001 and 2002, Rohrabacher claimed that Iraq was "at war against us" and that Saddam Hussein had a "blood feud" with America.
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 WorldNetDaily: Congressman sees Mideast tie to bombing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Dana Rohrabacher of California, chairman of the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, says if the FBI does not provide satisfactory answers to his questions, he will call for congressional hearings.
Davis told WND Rohrabacher is "deeply disturbed" that the FBI did not follow up on affidavits she turned over to the bureau from 22 witnesses supporting evidence that Iraqi intelligence agents infiltrated the United States to recruit and assist McVeigh and Nichols.
But Rohrabacher emphasized that his pursuit of the case with the FBI is in the exploratory stage, and progress will depend largely on the support of the American people.
www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43883   (678 words)

  
 CONGRESSMAN DANA ROHRABACHER REAFFIRMS HIS SUPPORT FOR ALBANIAN FREEDOM
On Sunday, July 23, Congressman Dana Rohrabacher vowed to continue his support for the quest for democracy in Albania, to advocate for the independence of Kosova, and to work for a just resolution of the crisis Macedonia.
He shared his conviction with the Civic League Board that "Albanians have been subjected to terrible injustice, have a passion for freedom, and should be helped." In the case of Kosova, he said that the Serbs had forfeited their right to hold on to the land and to Kosovar Albanians against their will.
Rohrabacher stressed that Albanians should make every effort to be cast in the press as "the stabilizing force in the Balkans," and he urged the Civic League to do everything it could to promote this image in Washington.
www.aacl.com /Rohrabacher.htm   (585 words)

  
 Rogue Statesman
In fact, Rohrabacher’s post-Sept. 11 finger-pointing was a fraud designed to distract attention from his own ongoing meddling in the foreign-policy nightmare.
Nowadays, Rohrabacher and his numerous aides are quick to provide copies of the congressman’s pre-Sept. 11 rants against the Taliban.
Evidence of Rohrabacher’s attempts to conduct his own foreign policy became public on April 10, 2001, not in the U.S., but in the Middle East.
www.commondreams.org /views02/0907-05.htm   (2081 words)

  
 The Stakeholder:: Dana in Hollywood
U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach) used his influence to open doors in Washington for a Hollywood producer pitching a television show after the producer paid him a $23,000 option on a screenplay, records and interviews show.
Rohrabacher said he also made calls that helped Medawar and his crew gain access to officials in federal law enforcement agencies who briefed them on the inner workings of the federal government.
UPDATE: I just flashed back to Dana's party days out in sunny California, a time when he was swept up with all the glitz and glam...
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 Dana Rohrabacher News
TAIWAN'S INTEREST: Tom Tancredo and Dana Rohrabacher asked the US secretary of state to visit President Chen to discuss N Korea as the situation is also of concern to Taipei By Charles Snyder STAFF REPORTER...
If Dana Rohrabacher can't bring home the baccon for port security when it's a national priority and his own party is in power, how much more ineffective will he be when the nation moves on to other concerns?
Dana Rohrabacher yesterday asked Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales to investigate what he called "the exceedingly harsh prosecution" of two U.S. Border Patrol agents now facing 20 years in prison for...
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 Dana Rohrabacher - Wonkette
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Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) had John Roberts review his screenplay in the early eighties.
Said Rohrabacher, "There were a lot of people in the White House who felt threatened by the input of the writers, but John was someone who appreciated the creative element.".
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 Dana Rohrabacher on Lyn Nofziger on National Review Online
Congressman Dana Rohrabacher: Lyn was my boss in the 1976 and 1980 Reagan presidential campaigns.
Congressman Rohrabacher: Favorite story is when we were in New Hampshire and a right-wing religious journalist was attacking Reagan and berating Lyn for drinking too much.
Congressman Rohrabacher: Lyn may have been down but he was never demoralized and that's why he was never "out." As long as you maintain your standards, you can always come back.
www.nationalreview.com /interrogatory/qa200603290732.asp   (575 words)

  
 Representatives Dana Rohrabacher, Expresses Concerns about Nuclear Comments by Brazilian Presidential Candidate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Rohrabacher quoted him as saying that Brazil's adherence to the treaty "would make sense only if all countries that already have nuclear weapons also gave them up." Congressman Rohrabacher, a senior member of the International Relations Committee, said that Lula da Silva's comments on nuclear weapons reflect a belligerence that could poison U.S. Brazilian relations.
Rohrabacher also called into question Lula da Silva's leadership in creating "the Forum of Sao Paulo." "That forum and its participants don't reflect a commitment to peace and progress, much less democracy, Rohrabacher said.
Rohrabacher noted both the fact that the Forum of Sao Paolo recently met in communist Cuba and the radical and anti-democratic nature of its participants.
www.neoliberalismo.com /branuclear.htm   (263 words)

  
 California Congressman Dana Rohrabacher Meets with JBANC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Washington, DC (JBANC) - Members of the Joint Baltic American National Committee, Inc. (JBANC) met on March 11 with California Republican Dana Rohrabacher to discuss matters of mutual concern, including U.S. foreign policy, the Baltic countries, NATO and the war on terrorism.
Rohrabacher, now representing California's 46th congressional district, is a senior member of the International Relations Committee and is currently Chairman of the House Science Committee's Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee.
Rohrabacher's Legislative Assistant dealing with foreign affairs issues.
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 Freedom Alliance -- Congressman Dana Rohrabacher to Join Freedom Cruise   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
He is the Chairman of the Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee and the House Science Committee and a member of the Energy Subcommittee, overseeing research of the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Prior to Congress, Rohrabacher served as Special Assistant to President Reagan, and for seven years was one of the President's senior speechwriters.
During his White House tenure, Rohrabacher helped formulate the Reagan Doctrine and President Reagan's Economic Bill of Rights and was a champion for a strong national defense.
www.freedomalliance.org /print_article.php?a_id=219   (343 words)

  
 Dana Rohrabacher
Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R), who claims to have made many secret trips into Afghanistan and to have fought with the mujahedeen, later describes to Congress a missed opportunity to capture bin Laden.
Rohrabacher passes this information to the CIA, but the informant isn’t contacted.
Rohrabacher concludes, “that our intelligence services knew about the location of bin Laden several times but were not permitted to attack him...
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 Dana Rohrabacher | Congress votes database | washingtonpost.com
Dana Rohrabacher is up for reelection on November 7, 2006.
See how Dana Rohrabacher voted on key votes -- the most important bills, nominations and resolutions that have come before Congress, as determined by washingtonpost.com.
View Dana Rohrabacher's 2005 official financial disclosure statement, which describes the sources, types and amounts of income earned in 2005.
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 Rep. Dana Rohrabacher receives death threats over immigrant bill - North County Times - State / West -
HUNTINGTON BEACH -- The offices of Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher received dozens of threatening telephone calls, including one death threat Tuesday, after he authored a bill that would limit health care services for immigrants.
The threats began after someone who claimed to be from a New York radio station left a message seeking to speak to Rohrabacher, R-Huntington Beach, regarding H.R. 3722, which he introduced last week.
It started shortly after 8 a.m., when there was a call left on the voice mail at Rohrbacher's office from the radio station that had criticized Rohrabacher's bill.
www.nctimes.com /articles/2004/01/28/news/state/1_27_0422_29_01.txt   (575 words)

  
 Rohrabacher seeks to let foreign-born citizens run for president   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Joking aside, Rohrabacher said in an interview that Schwarzenegger is doing a great job as governor and voters might want to elect him president one day.
But the Orange County lawmaker said that was just a short-term benefit to his proposal to allow anyone who's been a citizen for 20 years or more to be eligible to run for president.
I like Dana and will vote for him, but sometimes I think he's been bonked on the coconut with his surfboard once too often.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1217095/posts   (2711 words)

  
 FOXNews.com - Let Jailbirds Pick Fruit - Politics | Republican Party | Democratic Party | Political Spectrum
WASHINGTON — House conservatives criticized President Bush, accused the Senate of fouling the air, said prisoners rather than illegal farm workers should pick America's crops and denounced the use of Mexican flags by protesters Thursday in a vehement attack on legislation to liberalize U.S. immigration laws.
Rohrabacher said Americans should be able to "smell the foul odor that's coming out of the U.S. Senate."
Rohrabacher, King and others stood at a podium decorated with a bumper sticker reading "Say No to Amnesty," as the Senate slogged through a second suspenseless day of debate.
www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,189802,00.html   (1013 words)

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