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SIMMONS, Robert (Rob), a Representative from Connecticut; born in New York, N.Y., February 11, 1943; graduated from Haverford College, Haverford, Pa., 1965; M.P.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1979; United States Army, 1965-1968; United States Army Reserves, 1969-2000; professor; operations officer, Central Intelligence Agency, 1969-1979; staff for United States Senator John Chafee of Rhode Island, 1979-1981; staff, Select Committee on Intelligence, 1981-1985; member of the Connecticut general assembly, 1990-2000; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Seventh and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2001-January 3, 2007); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Tenth Congress in 2006.