Honorable Mac Thornberry
United States Representative, Texas, Republican
Representative Thornberry, of the Thirteenth District of Texas, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994. He served as Legislative Counsel to then U.S. Representative Tom Loeffler (TX-R) from 1983 to 1985, as Chief of Staff to then U.S. Representative Larry Combest (TX-R) from 1985 to 1988, and as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs from 1988 to 1989. He sits on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on Armed Services. The following is from the December 13, 2007, House floor debate on H.R. 2082, the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year…
