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BARR, Bob, a Representative from Georgia; born in Iowa City, Johnson County,
Iowa, November 5, 1948; graduated, Community High School, Tehran, Iran, 1966;
B.A., University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif., 1970; M.A.,
George Washington University, Washington, D.C., 1972; J.D., Georgetown
University Law Center, Washington, D.C., 1977; Central Intelligence Agency,
1970-1978; United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia,
1986-1990; anti-drug coordinator for Department of Justice, Southeastern United
States, 1986-1990; head, Public Corruption Subcommittee for United States
Attorney General, 1987-1988; president, Southeastern Legal Foundation,
1990-1991; unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination to the United
States Senate in 1992; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fourth and to
the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1995-January 3, 2003); one of the
managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1998 to conduct the
impeachment proceedings of President William Jefferson Clinton; unsuccessful
candidate for nomination to the One Hundred Eighth Congress in 2002;
unsuccessful Libertarian Party candidate for election for President of the
United States in 2008.
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