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Republicans See More Chances to Block Gitmo Prisoners From US Soil
Nov 17th, 2009 - FOXNews
The Obama administration is increasingly unlikely to meet its January deadline for closing Guantanamo Bay, and with congressional elections next November, Republicans see time on their side in blocking any plan to move the detainees to U.S...IL SEN: Courting Sarah
Nov 5th, 2009 - MSNBC
From NBC's Domenico Montanaro Patrick Hughes, a conservative running for Obama's U.S. Senate seat next year, is out with a statement after the news came out of his primary opponent Mark Kirk's appeal to Sarah Palin for her endorsement.
Kirk, Hoffman release US Senate fund-raising totals - Chicago Sun
Oct 6th, 2009 - Chicago Sun-Times
Republican U.S. Senate front-runner Mark Kirk says he has raised $1.6 million in the reporting period that ended last week. He has $2.3 million cash on hand, he said. Late-starting Democratic Senate candidate David Hoffman...
Kirk calls on US Census to sever ties to SEIU - Chicago Sun
Sep 28th, 2009 - Chicago Sun-Times
On the heals of a congressional vote to de-fund ACORN, U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) is calling on the U.S. Census to sever all ties to Illinois' largest union, the Service Employees International Union...
Climate Change Bill: Republican Kirk Votes In Favor, Democrat Foster Against
Jun 27th, 2009 - The Huffington Post
[W]hen it came to the Waxman-Markey climate change bill, the real wild cards among the Illinois congressional delegation were Democrat Bill Foster and Republicans Mark Kirk and Judy Biggert...
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4:41People of IL & Congressman Mark Kirk Strike Back Against Potential Move Of Gitmo To IL
People of IL & Congressman Mark Kirk Strike Back Against Potential Move Of Gitmo To IL
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1:37Mark Kirk
Mark Kirk is not a Republican. I don't know what he is. Perhaps a prostitute. Perhaps he's being blackmailed. Perhaps he's a slave that's been bought and sold. Whatever the case, he does not represent Republicans, the party platform or even his constituents ...
1:17Congressman Mark Kirk Runs Away from Iraq Vet, War
After being denied entry to a Kirk event despite buying a ticket,Iraq War veteran, Josh Lansdale, approaches the Congressman and asks him to explain his position on the Iraq War. From the video, it looks like this Iraq Vet is not going to get an answer anytime soon.
Mark Kirk from WikiPedia:
Mark Steven Kirk (born September 15, 1959) has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 2001. Kirk is running for a position in the Senate in 2010.
Kirk was born in Champaign, Illinois, graduated from Joseph Sears School in Kenilworth in 1973, and New Trier East High School in 1977. He attended the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México before graduating cum laude in history from Cornell University. Kirk received a master's degree from the London School of Economics, and a Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown University.
Kirk was commissioned in 1989 as an intelligence officer in the Naval Reserve. He is one of only two members of Congress serving as a drilling reservist one weekend a month and two weeks a year. In the Navy, Kirk served during conflicts with Haiti, Bosnia and Kosovo. He served aboard USS Normandy and USS John C Stennis. Kirk also served three tours in Panama and was an aircrewman over Iraq as part of Operation Northern Watch. He was named U.S. Navy Reserve "Intelligence Officer of the Year" in 1999 for his combat service in Kosovo.
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