Any U.S. elected officials with offspring in the military?

[Gala_Matrix_Fire]

Please point me to a web site that lists which, if any, U.S. representatives or other elected officials have sons and/or daughters in the military.

Or, do you know that your representative has offspring in the military?

Thanks

[Airman_Doors_USAF]

I found this, which says that there are seven members of Congress with children in the military.

The list:

Sen. Tim Johnson, D-SD
Rep. John Kline, R-MN
Rep. Todd Akin, R-MO
Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-CA
Rep. Marilyn Musgrave, R-CO
Rep. Ed Schrock, R-VA
Rep. Joe Wilson, R-SC

Note that along with the 527 other members, Charles Rangel isn’t on that list, thus proving that talk is cheap.

[Sofa_King]

Brooks Johnson is a staff sargeant in the 101st, and served in the latest conflict in Iraq through May of this year, although I’m having trouble finding the documentation. I recall the Senator mentioning last year that Brooks had already served in four combat zones. Iraq was his fifth.

[Monty]

So, Airman Doors, what’re they supposed to do…force their children to join?

[David_Simmons]

I don’t really see the relevance of this. Always, in all places and at all times, those in power have ordered others into the sort of danger that they and their families are not exposed to. And many political and military leaders have ordered dangerous actions that did affect their children.

So what?

[Xgemina]

*Originally posted by Sofa King *
**Brooks Johnson is a staff sargeant in the 101st, and served in the latest conflict in Iraq through May of this year, although I’m having trouble finding the documentation. I recall the Senator mentioning last year that Brooks had already served in four combat zones. Iraq was his fifth. **

Here is a press release by Sen. Johnson, dated 9/7/03, where it mentions how many combat zones SSG Johnson has served in.

“As the father of a son who has returned safely home from combat in Iraq”…Brooks Johnson served in four combat zones in five years, including Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo, Bosnia and South Korea.

[Desmostylus]

*Originally posted by Airman Doors, USAF *
**Note that along with the 527 other members, Charles Rangel isn’t on that list, thus proving that talk is cheap. **

I’m having trouble reconciling this statement with what Rangel said:

“Disproportionately, the young men and women who are making the ultimate sacrifice are from minority groups, and the lower socio-economic classes of whites.”

“By and large, the children of America’s affluent families, who are not drawn to military service, are least represented among the casualties,” he said in an interview with Black Entertainment Television. “This defies the American principle of shared sacrifice.”

[Gala_Matrix_Fire]

Thanks, Airman Doors, for the cite. I was hoping that someone had already done the research for me, and happily, someone at least researched the House.

This is a general question, not a debate or a pit thread. Just hoping to find the facts.

[Airman_Doors_USAF]

Sorry, guys. I was just expressing my disdain for Rangel’s comments in an inappropriate place.

[Neurotik]

*Originally posted by bluethree *
Thanks, Airman Doors, for the cite. I was hoping that someone had already done the research for me, and happily, someone at least researched the House.

That was the House and the Senate.