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Alan K. Simpson, J.D.
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| Title:
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Member, Iraq Study Group
Partner, Simpson, Kepler and Edwards, LLC
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| Position: |
No position found
to the question "Should the U.S. have attacked Iraq?"
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| Reasoning: |
"There isn't any question about the fact that all of the detractors say this isn't about anything but oil. That is not the truth. This guy [Saddam Hussein] is cooking a chemical cocktail, he's been doing it for 12 years, and I happened to see him personally and know that."
"Interview With Panel of Former Senators on War With Iraq"
CNN Larry King Live, March 10, 2003
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Credibility/
Ranking: |
 Expert/VIP
PhD's, JD's (lawyers), Judges, Members of Congress, Ambassadors, Council Generals, heads of government, members of legislative bodies with significant involvement in, or related to, the US-Iraq conflict. |
| Involvement: |
- Member, Iraq Study Group
- Partner, Simpson, Kepler and Edwards, LLC
- Consultant, The Tongour, Simpson, Holsclaw Group
- 2002 - Co-chairman, Continuity in Government Commission
- 2001 - Commissioner, American Battle Monuments Commission
- 1997-2000 - Director, Institute of Politics, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
- 1979-1997 - U.S. Senator (R-WY)
- 1964-1977 - Congressman, Wyoming House of Representatives
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| Education: |
- J.D., University of Wyoming Law School, 1958
- B.S., University of Wyoming, 1954
| Relevant Affiliations: |
- 1995-1997 - Chairman, Veterans' Affairs Committee
- 1981-1987 - Chairman, Veterans' Affairs Committee
- Chairman, Immigration and Refugee Subcommittee of Judiciary
- Chairman, Nuclear Regulation Subcommittee
- Chairman, Social Security Subcommittee
- Chairman, Committee on Aging
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| Contact Info: |
Phone: 307-527-7891
FAX: 307-527-7897
E-Mail: alsimpson@vcn.com
Web Site: http://bioguide.congress.gov
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| Other: |
Select Publications:
"Politics IS a Contact Sport," research monograph series published by Center for the Study of Democracy, 2002
Right in the Old Gazoo: A Lifetime of Scrapping with the Press, New York: William Morrow, 1997
"Population and U.S. National Interests: A Framework for Thinking About the Connections: A Report of the CSIS Steering Committee on Population and U.S. National Interests," report published by Center for Strategic & International Studies, March 1996
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