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| - Bill Driscoll is a Marine Corps veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, a leader in the Forest Products Industry, and a lifelong Republican. He's not a career politician -- Bill comes from the military and the business worlds, where results matter. He's running for Congress because he sees our country going down the wrong track and it's time for new leaders who can rise above partisan bickering and get us moving in the right direction. In Congress, Bill's focus will be on promoting real job growth, balancing the federal budget, providing a strong defense while ensuring that the U.S. only commits our armed forces where we have a clear national interest and a clearer exit strategy, and keeping our promises to the men and women who've served our country in uniform. In 2005, 18 years after leaving the U.S. Marine Corps, Bill asked to be recommissioned and volunteered to be deployed to Iraq. Bill explains his decisions, "In late 2004 a friend was activated from the Marine reserves for a second tour and something just clicked." Bill was concerned about the welfare of his fellow Marines and the risks they faced because of multiple deployments. 45 days after putting his uniform back on Bill was deployed to Iraq, and given a choice between serving as an economics advisor to the Iraqi central government or being stationed "outside the wire" as the head of a Civil Affairs team, he chose to the Civil Affairs team. Stationed in Ramadi in Anbar Province, Bill worked with the local Iraqis and U.S. forces to build trust between the U.S. Armed forces and the people of Iraq. After seven months Bill completed his tour and returned to the U.S. until 2008 when he was asked to serve a tour in Afghanistan. Again, he said "yes", and this time was stationed on small platoon-sized outposts in Helmand and Farah Provinces. Bill's experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan are the first reason he's running for Congress today, "It's important that the men and women who best understand the human cost of these wars be elected to Congress. I will be a staunch advocate for those currently serving, for veterans and for their families," says Driscoll, "we must have a more cautious foreign policy that uses war only as a last resort." Bill Driscoll is a leader in the Forest Products Industry - one of our area's most important sources of jobs. The great great grandson of Frederick Weyerhaeuser who founded the Weyerhaeuser company in 1901, Bill is proud to have worked in the company and other forest products firms over the last 20 years. "People make jobs, not government," says Bill. Driscoll knows that sustainable job growth is possible only through the private sector, but when governments try to pick winners and losers we get crony capitalism and failures like the Obama administration project Solyndra. Bill lives in Tacoma with his wife, Lisa, their two kids and two dogs. Lisa is a professor at University of Washington Tacoma, specializing in China and teaching in the Urban Studies Program as well as serving as Special Assistant to the Chancellor for Community Engagement. The couple has two children, John Saul age three and Anna, almost 3 months old. Bill's interests include running, working outdoors, and reading history.
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