U.S. Representative (R)
Texas's 2nd congressional district
since 2019
U.S. Navy
SEAL Team 3
reaching rank of lieutenant commander
two Bronze Star Medals, Purple Heart, & the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with valor
“His father’s career in the Texas oil and gas industry moved his family all over the world, including Ecuador and Colombia, where he attended high school. As a result, Dan is fluent in Spanish. In 2006, Dan graduated from Tufts University…”
“… where he earned his Naval officer commission through Navy ROTC. Following graduation, he immediately reported to SEAL training in Coronado, CA, where he met his future wife, Tara. After graduating SEAL training, Dan deployed to Fallujah…”
‘Spain boosts security as prime minister and US embassy targeted amid series of letter bombs’
“#Spain said Thursday it was boosting security measures after a series of letter bombs was discovered in the country, including one that was sent to Spain's” PM
The sixth and latest bomb was detected Thursday afternoon and sent to the US embassy in #Madrid. It was intercepted at around 12.30 p.m. local time at the security post of the embassy”
“#Siberia, a region bigger and richer than any place on Earth, with resources that underpin Putin’s economy. It is Asian, not European, and one day will mostly fall into China’s hands. Xi knows this and needn’t lift a finger to speed along this outcome.”
“… Today, about 34 million out of 144 million Russians live in #Siberia, but Russia’s economy is disproportionately dependent on Siberian resources. About 80 percent of its oil resources, 85 percent of its natural gas, 80 percent of its coal and…”
“… coal and similar amounts of precious metals and diamonds, and about 40 percent of the nation’s timber resources are scattered across this vast territory.”
“‘… He’s also a very difficult client in that he’s always pushing the envelope, he rarely listens to sound legal advice, and he wants you to do things that are not appropriate, ethically or legally.’”
‘FBI executes search warrant at Trump's Mar-a-Lago in document investigation’
“former President confirmed that FBI agents were at Mar-a-Lago and said ‘they even broke into my safe.’ He was at Trump Tower in New York when the search warrant…”
“… Following the National Archives' recovering of White House records from Mar-a-Lago in recent months, the FBI on Monday had to verify that nothing was left behind.”
“… In early June, a handful of investigators made a rare visit to the property seeking more information about potentially classified material from Trump's time in the White House that had been taken to Florida.”
Jay Bratt
DOJ Counterintelligence & Export Control
“#Guangxin received his primary education in the Anhui Military School. This was the time of China-Vietnam war, and the military required soldiers. He was selected for the service, and served in the military for a few years. In 1989, he left the army…”
‘Texas bans secretive Chinese billionaire - who spent $110m quietly buying-up land -from setting up 15,000 acre wind farm amid fears turbines could be fitted with spying equipment or used by Chinese government to cripple energy grid’
“He has spent ten years working in the Middle-East for the ruling families of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Jordan; and in 2003 was appointed by the White House, as the Interim Minister of the Interior of Iraq following the fall of Saddam Hussein.”
“In 2004, he was tapped by President George W. Bush to serve as secretary of homeland security. This nomination led to a federal investigation, which ultimately resulted in #Kerik serving three years in prison on multiple felony convictions. …”