Jim Marshall

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Jim Marshall is the Democratic U.S. Representative representing the 8th Congressional District of Georgia. He was first elected in 2002.

Speaking during a January 8, 2007 panel on "U.S. Policy in Iraq" at the Center for Strategic & International Affairs, Marshall insisted that what was necessary to win in the Iraq was patience. The same claim could be made about any war of counter-insurgency. A better answer would have been to the question of why the U.S. finds itself occupying Iraq in the first place. Marshall also made repeated reference to Robert Wright's 2000 book Non-Zero: The Logic of Human Destiny, a restatement of the idea of "human progress" in which natural selection has the objective of acheiving non-zero sum cultural advances. See Steven Pinker's Critique.

1 Background
2 Education
3 Key Votes
4 Committees
5 Contact
6 GovTrack link
7 External links
8 Related areas

Background

Jim Marshall, born in Ithaca, New York on March 31, 1948, is the son and grandson of U.S. Army generals. Unlike George E. Bush, but like John Kerry, Marshall actually went to Vietnam. After receiving two Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart, he returned to Princeton, graduating in 1972. He worked various odd jobs before ultimately moving to Georgia with his wife and becoming a successful lawyer, then campaign manager. In 1995, he was elected mayor of Macon.

Education

graduated from McGill Institute, Mobile, Ala., 1966
A.B., Princeton University, Princeton, N.J., 1972
J.D., Boston University, Boston, Mass., 1977

Key Votes

Marshall was one of two Democrats who voted to uphold George W. Bush's veto of the SCHIP program. (Source: [1])

Committees

Contact

Washington DC Office
515 Cannon HOB
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-6531
Fax: (202) 225-3013

Macon Office
682 Cherry Street
Suite 300
Macon, GA 31201
Phone: (478) 464-0255
Fax: (478) 464-0277
Toll-free: (877) 464-0255

Dublin Office
503 Bellevue Avenue
Suite C
Dublin, GA 31021
Phone: (478) 296-2101
Fax: (478) 296-2802

GovTrack link

GovTrack: Rep. Jim Marshall

External links

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