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															<h1>Chris Gibson</h1>
								<p>Over the course of his 24 year Army career, Chris Gibson rose to the rank of Colonel and deployed 7 times, including 4 combat tours to Iraq, and separate deployments to Kosovo, the Southwestern US for a counter-drug operation, and most recently just prior to his retirement to Haiti where he commanded the 82<sup>nd</sup> Airborne Division’s 2<sup>nd</sup> Brigade Combat Team during the opening month of that humanitarian relief operation.</p>
<p>Other key assignments included tours teaching American Politics at the United States Military Academy at West Point, serving as a Congressional Fellow with US Representative Jerry Lewis (R-CA), the Chairman of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, and completing a Hoover National Security Affairs Fellowship at Stanford University.  Chris was also the Distinguished Honor Graduate of the US Army Command and General Staff College.</p>
<p><img style="float: left;" src="/files/landing_banner.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="98" />Among his military decorations are 2 Legions of Merit, 4 Bronze Star Medals, the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman’s Badge with Star, the Master Parachutist Badge and the Ranger Tab. For their actions in Mosul in support of the first national election in the new Iraq, his Battalion Task Force earned the Valorous Unit Award. For their actions in Tal Afar during the 2<sup>nd</sup> and 3<sup>rd</sup> national elections in Iraq his Battalion and the 3<sup>rd</sup> Armored Cavalry Regiment were recognized for excellence by President George W. Bush and a 2<sup>nd</sup> Valorous Unit Award is pending.</p>
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<p>For more information, go to <a href="http://www.chrisgibsonforcongress.com/">www.chrisgibsonforcongress.com</a></p>
<p>To send Chris an email:  <a href="mailto:Chris@chrisgibsonforcongress.com">Chris@chrisgibsonforcongress.com</a></p>
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